New Delhi/IBNS, Sept. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Bar Council of India (BCI) has no authority to take disciplinary action against law students, while criticising the BCI's direction to withhold the enrolment of all 2026 NALSAR law graduates, media reports said.

The top court said that neither the BCI nor State Bar Councils have the authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings against law students.

It clarified that the Bar Councils can exercise their jurisdiction against a law graduate only after the person is enrolled as an advocate.

The BCI had directed State Bar Councils not to enrol the 2026 graduating batch of NALSAR University of Law as advocates.

The directive followed a controversy involving students who...