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Justice Bhuyan Praises NALSAR Students as Brilliant, Bold and Brave
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan spoke at a law student competition at NALSAR University.
He called the students brilliant, bold, and brave.
He also praised their teachers and the university’s leader.
His words came weeks after some graduating students protested a proposed guest appearance at their graduation ceremony.
The Bar Council of India briefly said the students should not be enrolled as lawyers, but then withdrew that direction and dropped its proceedings.
The Supreme Court later said the Bar Council did not have legal authority to discipline law students and ordered that no one be punished over the campaign.
In his speech, Justice Bhuyan also said that a process removing millions of people from voting would be unfair.
He did not say which process he meant.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan praised NALSAR students at the 19th NALSAR-Justice BR Sawhney Memorial Moot Court Competition.
He also commended the university’s faculty and Vice-Chancellor Srikrishna Deva Rao for their work.
The remarks came weeks after a protest over the proposed participation of Chief Justice Surya Kant at NALSAR’s convocation led to a brief enrolment threat from the Bar Council of India.
The BCI withdrew its enrolment directive and later dropped proceedings; the Supreme Court said it lacked authority to discipline law students and barred punitive action over the campaign.
In the same address, Bhuyan said a process disenfranchising millions would be intrinsically arbitrary, without naming a specific process or authority.
- Who
- Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, NALSAR students, faculty, and Vice-Chancellor Srikrishna Deva Rao.
- What
- Bhuyan praised NALSAR students, faculty, and its vice-chancellor during a moot court competition address.
- Where
- NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not specify the date.
- Why
- Bhuyan was delivering the valedictory address at the 19th NALSAR-Justice BR Sawhney Memorial Moot Court Competition.
Students’ protest and response
Bar Council’s initial response
Convocation protest
Students’ protest and response
A section of NALSAR’s graduating batch objected to the proposed invitation of Chief Justice Surya Kant as convocation chief guest.
Bar Council’s initial response
The BCI chairman initially directed state bar councils not to enrol graduates from NALSAR’s 2026 batch and asked the vice-chancellor for a report on those allegedly involved.
Authority over students
Students’ protest and response
The Supreme Court directed that no punitive action be taken against students or faculty over the campaign.
Bar Council’s initial response
The BCI initially issued directions concerning enrolment and an inquiry, but withdrew the enrolment bar and later dropped proceedings; the Supreme Court held its communications lacked authority of law.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court
- University
- NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
- Event
- 19th NALSAR-Justice BR Sawhney Memorial Moot Court Competition
- Earlier dispute
- Some graduating students objected to the proposed invitation of Chief Justice Surya Kant to their convocation.
- BCI response
- The Bar Council of India withdrew its enrolment bar hours after it was issued and later dropped proceedings.
- Supreme Court ruling
- The court said the BCI lacked statutory authority to discipline law students and directed that no punitive action be taken over the campaign.
- Voting remarks
- Bhuyan described a process disenfranchising millions as intrinsically arbitrary, without identifying a specific process or authority.
Quotes
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
Supreme Court justice addressing NALSAR students
“Freedom cannot be inherited in the bloodstream. Each generation will have to defend it and fight for it. Then alone will it survive, to be passed on to the next.”
NDTV
“You are brilliant; you are bold; and you are brave.”
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