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Entity Manan Kumar Mishra
Chairman of the Bar Council of India and Rajya Sabha MP; central to the August 2026 NALSAR enrolment controversy
The Bar Council of India briefly blocked enrolment of NALSAR’s 2026 graduates after students opposed the Chief Justice’s convocation invitation. Its reversal did not end calls for Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra’s resignation, and the Supreme Court later ordered an investigation into an alleged assault on protesting lawyers.
No comments on NALSAR enrolment order sparked lawyers’ protest against BCI chairman; withdrawal, apology and assault inquiry followed