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The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, has reversed its decision to cancel the convocation for the graduating batch of 2026, Live Law reported on Thursday.
The ceremony will be held on October 17, the students were informed.
On August 27, the university said that it had cancelled the convocation for the batch, originally planned for September 12, citing “unavoidable circumstances”. The decision came amid opposition from more than 700 students and alumni to Chief Justice Surya Kant and Bar Council of India Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra attending the ceremony.
The university did not state whether the chief justice had been invited for the convocation in October, The Hindu reported.
The proposal to hold the event in October was approved by the college’s executive council and general council on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Kant in his capacity as the university’s chancellor, the newspaper reported.
In August, the students from the National Law School of India University had also condemned the Bar Council of India’s now-withdrawn action against the outgoing National Academy of Legal Studies and Research batch and demanded an unconditional apology from the regulatory body.
The statement had expressed solidarity with NALSAR students and faculty over two letters issued by the council on August 13. The council had directed state bar councils to defer the enrolment of NALSAR’s graduating…
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