2 min readAug 21, 2026 11:50 PM ISTBar Council of India (BCI) chairman and Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra. (Photo: X/Manan Kumar Mishra)A day after lawyers protested against the Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra demanding his resignation, the apex body for lawyers decided to hold a press conference at its office on Saturday. The agenda involves “matters of importance concerning the legal profession, legal education and other issues”.In a press release shared late Friday the BCI said, “The Hon’ble Chairman, Bar Council of India, along with other Hon’ble Members of the Bar Council of India, will participate in the Press Conference and address matters of importance concerning the legal profession, legal education and other issues presently engaging the attention of the Bar Council of India. Representatives of the print, electronic and digital media are cordially invited to attend and cover the Press Conference.”The release, bearing the signature of BCI Principal Secretary Srimanto Sen, requested media personnel to attend the conference.‘It’s done, bro’ – Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke‘s late Wednesday message to Bar Council chief Manan Kumar Misra, the man who worked himself into the centre of a row between Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant and graduating students from NALSAR, a Hyderabad law college.Dipke’s post came as the CJP called for a peaceful protest at the BCI chief’s Delhi office. “All legal cockroaches must join this protest,” he declared.Mishra had earlier apologised to law students over the controversy surrounding the council’s actions against the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law.The apology came a day after Mishra announced that the BCI was closing all proceedings against NALSAR’s graduating batch of 2026, saying that “peaceful disagreement, questioning and protest are important features of a constitutional democracy” and that students must remain free to express their views. Tags:Bar Council of India (BCI)AdvertisementLoading Recommendations...AdvertisementAdvertisement