Pinakpani · CC BY-SA 4.0Supreme Court: BCI cannot punish law students
The Supreme Court ruled that the Bar Council of India (BCI) has no power to take disciplinary action against law students, holding that only the universities in which they are enrolled can act. The court rebuked the BCI's attempt to intimidate NALSAR students who had opposed inviting CJI Kant as chief guest for their convocation.
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Clarifies the limits of the BCI's statutory jurisdiction over students versus enrolled institutions.
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- BCI = Bar Council of India
- Only the enrolling university can discipline students
- Case involved NALSAR students
- Students had opposed CJI Kant as convocation chief guest
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