4 min learnNew DelhiAug 20, 2026 06:09 PM IST
‘It’s finished, bro’ – Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke‘s late Wednesday message to Bar Council chief Manan Kumar Misra, the person who labored himself into the centre of a row between Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant and graduating college students from NALSAR, a Hyderabad law faculty.
Dipke’s publish got here because the CJP known as for a peaceable protest on the BCI chief’s Delhi workplace. “All authorized cockroaches should be a part of this protest,” he declared.
Manan, it’s finished bro!
All authorized cockroaches should be a part of this protest. https://t.co/EwYBPGeaSg
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) August 19, 2026
CJP chief Saurav Das later shared visuals from the protest, and stated a memorandum had been submitted demanding Misra’s resignation. A warning was equipped too – of a bigger protest if he doesn’t ‘resign instantly’.
🚨#ProtestUpdate: Various advocates staged a protest outdoors Bar Council of India in search of Manan Kumar Mishra’s resignation at present. This, after the celebrated Bombay Bar Affiliation too known as for Mishra’s resignation yesterday by way of a decision.
The protesters submitted a…
— Saurav Das (@SauravDassss) August 20, 2026
Formally the protest was led by the All India Younger Attorneys Affiliation and, on paper, it isn’t strictly concerning the Misra-law college students stand-off.
One of many protesters, Advocate Raman Sharma, advised information company ANI: “It’s high-quality if the Cockroach Janta Get together has supported us – that’s nicely and good… nonetheless, that is strictly a motion by advocates in opposition to our personal apex physique.”
“The Chairman has held his place for 14 years; what has he really finished for the authorized fraternity… We all know how legal professionals are handled in police stations throughout India… Legal regulation observe throughout India is successfully dying out but nobody is standing up in opposition to it. This was our apex physique; they need to have spoken up.”
#WATCH | Delhi | Advocate Raman Sharma says, “It’s high-quality if the Cockroach Janta Get together has supported us—that’s nicely and good… our personal fraternity definitely ought to have considered it. Nonetheless, that is strictly a motion by advocates in opposition to our personal apex physique to handle the… https://t.co/Ry8oe90xdH pic.twitter.com/oBNHAwqgr8
— ANI (@ANI) August 20, 2026
For the CJP, the ‘why’ doesn’t appear to matter. The argument is that Misra must reply for alleged irregularities whereas in workplace, and to take action he should resign.
The Bar Council chief and the NALSAR row
Misra triggered livid protests final week after saying 2026 NALSAR graduates had been to be denied enrolment within the bar as a result of numerous them had rejected the Chief Justice as a visitor of honour.
The rejection was over feedback by the Chief Justice about petitions alleging Delhi Police’s use of extreme power in opposition to Jantar Mantar student-protesters.
Incensed, the NALSAR scholar neighborhood pushed again at Misra; over 400 alumni wrote an open letter condemning the BCI chief’s actions and reminding him that he had no jurisdiction to subject such proclamations. Misra, they stated, confirmed an absence of empathy for college students and disrespect for the fitting to free speech.
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This was hours after the Chief Justice fired a stern rebuke of his personal. In court docket, he stated college students protesting the leaked NEET examination paper had a proper to take action. “It’s a dialogue between college students and me. Who’re they (BCI) to lift a problem?”
Caught between the court docket and the scholars, Misra then had the carpet pulled out from underneath his toes after three legal professionals’ collectives – with a mixed 700-plus members – additionally demanded he quit a post he has held on to for 11 years.
Misra subsequently withdrew the notification barring 2026 NALSAR graduates from being enrolled in any state bar affiliation, and apologised to the students.
