{
  "id": 3715179,
  "title": "NLSIU Cancels 34th Annual Convocation Scheduled For September 12 Amid Controversy Over CJI Surya Kant, BCI Chief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/nlsiu-cancels-34th-annual-convocation-scheduled-for-september-12-amid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T09:45:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/nlsiu-cancels-34th-annual-convocation-scheduled-for-september-12-amid-controversy-over-cji-surya-kant-bci-chief"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) has cancelled its 34th Annual Convocation scheduled for September 12, 2026, citing \"unavoidable circumstances\". The university will instead confer degrees in absentia, subject to approval from its governing bodies. Graduating students can choose to have their certificates couriered to them or collect them from the NLSIU campus. The cancellation has been met with controversy over the proposed participation of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra at the ceremony.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}