CJI Kant backs NALSAR students amid BCI invite row

• CJI Surya Kant questions BCI's role in NALSAR student protests
• Supreme Court to hear plea against BCI circulars on the matter
• The CJI asserts the issue is a direct dialogue with the students

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday strongly questioned the Bar Council of India’s intervention in the NALSAR student protest, saying

the council had no role in interfering with a dialogue between students and him.

The remarks came as the Supreme Court agreed to hear NALSAR University of Law’s plea challenging two BCI circulars issued amid the controversy.

“BCI has nothing do with this. We are with you. Students have written a letter to me. It’s a dialogue between students and me. Who are they to unnecessarily issue a circular?” the CJI said.

This is a developing story.