New Delhi, May 27 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a key directive in a Delhi High Court judgment that barred law colleges from preventing students with insufficient attendance from appearing in examinations, observing that the ruling had created difficulties for legal education institutions across the country. A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the interim order while issuing notice on a petition filed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) challenging the November 2025 judgment of the Delhi high court. "Issue notice returnable on July 21. In the meantime, effect and operation of paragraph 249 of the impugned judgment shall remain stayed. However, the same shall be effective prospectively," the bench ordered. During ...