Justice Ujjal Bhuyan took the podium at the 19th BR Sawhney Moot Court Competition on October 4, 2026, and called NALSAR students ‘brilliant, bold, brave’. His comments came after the Bar Council of India had issued a blanket ban on the 2026 graduating batch, a directive the Supreme Court later overturned.
Earlier this year, students from the 2026 batch wrote to the university’s administration, opposing Chief Justice Surya Kant’s invitation to the convocation over a pending plea about police action at Jantar Mantar. The BCI chair, Manan Kumar Mishra, issued an order barring enrollment of the batch, citing lack of jurisdiction.
In September 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that the BCI has no power to discipline law students and that its authority is limited to registered advocates. The Court affirmed that state bar councils may enroll the 2026 cohort without restriction.
The decision lifts a long‑standing uncertainty that had left thousands of fresh graduates unable to practice. A group of students celebrated the ruling in the campus courtyard, clutching the order in disbelief.