Hyderabad, Aug. 14 -- NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, on Friday said it will place before its Executive Council the Bar Council of India's (BCI) directive seeking an inquiry into students involved in the recent controversy over their opposition to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) being the chief guest at the upcoming convocation.

The university said it needs to examine whether conducting such an inquiry would be "constitutional and permissible under its governance regulations."

In a press release issued by Vice-Chancellor Professor Srikrishna Deva Rao, the university said it received a letter from the Bar Council of India (BCI) dated August 13, 2026, which initially disallowed the enrolment of all graduating B.A., LL.B (Hons.) stud...