Hyderabad, Aug. 14 -- Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra on Friday, August 14, said that the inquiry proceedings against NALSAR students in Hyderabad will be closed. The BCI earlier had issued an order to all State Bar Councils asking them not to enrol any 2026-passed-out students from the NALSAR University before quickly withdrawing it on the same day after students here had called the university to not invite Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant at its convocation this year.

In a post on X, Mishra said, "After considering the representations and reactions of Senior Advocates, learned members of the Bar, law students and public spirited citizens, and being satisfied that the 2026 batch of NALSAR, Hyderabad, had no...