NLSIU Bengaluru's 34th convocation on October 17; CJI Surya Kant to preside

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will preside over the 34th Annual Convocation of the NLSIU here on October 17, months after the varsity cancelled the event in the wake of opposition from a section of students to the participation of the CJI and the BCI Chairman. The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) here on Wednesday said that CJI Kant will preside over the event. The formal ceremony will commence at 11 am at Jnana Jyoti Auditorium located on Palace Ground here.

According to an invite shared by the Communications Office, NLSIU, CJI Kant, Chancellor, NLSIU, will preside over the annual convocation while Chief Guest, Arundhati Nag, Co-Founder and Artistic Advisor at Ranga Shankara and a Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, will deliver the Convocation Address. Prof. (Dr) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU, will present the annual report, it said.

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NLSIU cancelled convocation in September

In August, the NLSIU had cancelled its annual convocation for the graduating batch of 2026, citing "unavoidable circumstances". The development had come days after the students and alumni of NLSIU opposed CJI Kant and Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra attending the convocation which was earlier scheduled for September 12. In a letter addressed to graduating students, the University Registrar had said that on August 3, 2026, the Academic Administration team had emailed the graduating students with advance notice of September 12, 2026 as the proposed date for the annual convocation. "Despite our collective best efforts, due to unavoidable circumstances, we are unable to hold the 34th annual convocation," the letter had said.

In a statement dated August 15, the students and alumni had condemned the now-withdrawn BCI order to halt the enrolment of students of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and expressed their solidarity with the students at NALSAR, who they said have shown exemplary courage and moral conviction in speaking truth to power.