India, Aug. 15 -- A day after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant came down hard on the Bar Council of India (BCI) for its intervention in the NALSAR University of Law enrolment controversy, BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra on Saturday apologised to the law students, saying he sincerely regretted if anything connected with the controversy, including his words or letter, had hurt their feelings.

In an Independence Day letter addressed to "my dear young friends", Mishra said the developments of the past few days had caused "concern and anguish" among a section of the student community and acknowledged that whenever students felt hurt or aggrieved, their concerns deserved to be heard "with patience, sensitivity and respect".

"If anything conn...