NLSIU cancels convocation, to give degrees in absentia
NLSIU canceled its 34th annual convocation for graduating students due to "unavoidable circumstances," conferring degrees in absentia instead.
The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) has cancelled its 34th annual convocation for graduating students, citing "unavoidable circumstances", and will confer degrees to students in absentia. This decision comes following objections from some students and alumni who did not wish to invite Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra to the event.
The university has not explicitly linked the cancellation to the students' statement. In a letter to graduating students, the university registrar announced that degrees will be conferred in absentia after obtaining approvals from the university's governing bodies. Students can choose to receive their certificates by courier or collect them at the campus, with further details to be communicated via a separate form.
The cancellation follows days of protests from a section of NLSIU students and alumni against the proposed participation of the CJI and BCI chairman in the September 12 event. This opposition arose from a previous dispute between NLSAU and the BCI, where the Bar Council temporarily halted enrolment for NALSAR's graduating class before reversing the decision.
The NLSIU students and alumni criticized this intervention, urging an unconditional apology from the BCI for initiating unconstitutional and illegal proceedings against students and faculty at the Hyderabad-based university.
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