The Bombay Bar Affiliation, whereas condemning the actions of the BCI chairman on August 13 against NALSAR students, said that Mishra’s subsequent apology of August 15 was clearly belated and was simply an try and merely assuage the state of affairs.
The Affiliation, in its letter of August 18, said that Mishra’s apology can’t be thought to be an expression of “true regret, since he continues to carry the place as Chairman regardless of his conduct, when, within the health of issues, he should have already resigned”.
The Bombay Bar Affiliation said {that a} assembly of the Standing Committee was convened on August 17 and 18, 2026, to deliberate upon the occasions that unfolded from August 13 to fifteen, 2026.
Per the letter, the Standing Committee described the BCI’s letter of August 13 as an “abuse” of the workplace of the BCI chairman, because the mentioned letter was issued with out granting the scholars a possibility of listening to. The mentioned letter of August 13, 2026, triggered grave prejudice to the skilled careers of NALSAR College students.
The Affiliation, nevertheless, supported the next resolution of the BCI to shut all proceedings towards the scholars, describing it “a step in the proper course and a step which restores the religion within the establishment of the Bar Council of India, in whom we proceed to repose our religion”.
The Affiliation additional famous that the workplace of the BCI chairman is a crucial place carrying vital duty and that the August 13 communication was “uncalled for”.
Thus, the Affiliation expressed “deepest anguish that Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, Senior Advocate, has whereas occupying the put up as Chairman of the Bar Council of India, indulged in issuing orders and instructions towards the legislation college students Of NALSAR (Passing out batch of 2026), which don’t fall throughout the purview of the Bar Council of India”.
Background:
BCI Chairman had issued a letter on August 13, directing all State Bar Councils not to enroll students who graduated from NALSAR University in Hyderabad in 2026 as advocates.
This letter was issued after reports surfaced {that a} part of outgoing college students had opposed inviting the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, for the convocation over his feedback on the NEET pupil protests in Delhi.
On August 14, after backlash from Senior Advocates and different Bar members, the BCI Chairman, by way of a late-night Twitter put up, dropped all proceedings against the 2026 graduating batch.
Subsequently, the Student Bar Council of NALSAR University issued statements condemning the said letter of the BCI and demanding an apology from the Chairman. The coed bar council said;
“It (the letter) displays the traditional ‘anti-national’ narrative, through which dissent just isn’t engaged with on its deserves however is defined away because the work of exterior actors manipulating impressionable college students in a patronising style. The put up of Chairperson of BCI is the epitome of a statutory regulatory physique. The present chairperson’s actions are unbecoming of his put up and the constitutional directives that he’s anticipated to uphold”.
Thereafter, on August 15, the BCI Chairman issued a letter within the nature of an apology. Subsequently, a writ petition was also filed before the Supreme Court challenging the provisions that allow the perpetual continuance of the same individuals on the high posts of the Bar Council of India (BCI) and State Bar Councils.
