Overview
- NLSIU confirmed that Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will preside as chancellor at the 34th convocation on October 17 and that actor Arundhati Nag will deliver the convocation address.
- The university reversed an earlier decision to cancel the event that had been scheduled for September 12 and approved the new date after consultations by its governing councils.
- Strong student and alumni opposition driven by solidarity with NALSAR protesters and anger over a briefly issued Bar Council of India order prompted the backlash, with reports citing hundreds of signatories objecting to CJI and BCI participation.
- Justice Kant met students to hear their concerns and the graduating class was asked to vote; a majority agreed to attend provided Bar Council chairman Manan Kumar Mishra would not take part.
- The compromise lets graduates collect degrees in person or receive them in absentia, but campus debate over institutional authority, regulator conduct, and how universities invite high-profile officials is likely to continue.