To,
Sh. Manan Kumar Mishra,
Chairman,
Bar Council of India
CC:
Sh. Srimanto Sen,
Secretary,
Bar Council of India
Re: The illegality and unconstitutionality of the notification dated 24.09.2024 issued by BCI regarding implementation of criminal background check system, employment status, biometric attendance, installation of CCTV Cameras in Law Colleges
Dear Sir,
We the undersigned, lawyers, law teachers, law students and other concerned citizens of India write to you to express our concern and disagreement with the contents of the Notification (BCI:D:5186/2024 (LE Circular No.13/2024) issued by the Bar Council of India (BCI) on 24.09.2024. We urge you to roll these back with immediate effect.
The above-mentioned notification is titled, ‘Implementation of Criminal Background Check System, Declaration Regarding Simultaneous Degree and/or regular Academic Programs, Employment status, Attendance Compliance, and Biometric Attendance, & Installation of CCTV cameras, in all Centers of Legal Education’. The BCI in its notification states that it is issuing this notification in response to judicial observations regarding the need to monitor antecedents and background of law students. BCI, however, fails to provide either the name or context of the matter in which these observations were made nor does it elaborate on the specific observations. BCI ends the notification by saying that the legal profession demands highest standards of ethics, integrity and accountability. If that is the case, then BCI should first and foremost hold itself to these standards, be transparent in its conduct, place before the public all information and at the very least hold open and public consultations before issuing notifications with such wide and serious ramifications.
At the outset, it is not clear what objective is set to be achieved through this notification. Neither is there clarity on the objectives nor is the connection between objectives and the drastic measures proposed established. BCI has not made any effort to justify proposing the measures that it has and in one sweeping notification, without considering its consequences, made its compliance mandatory with immediate effect. As such the notification is nothing but arbitrary and therefore violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.
The rule requiring law students to declare any ongoing FIR, criminal case, conviction or even acquittal before issuance of final marksheet and degree is absolutely bizarre. Why are specifically law students required to declare their criminal antecedents including an ongoing FIR? Is this requirement applicable to students of other disciplines as well? If not, then why are law students being singled out? Is there a law of the land which prohibits someone named in an FIR, an accused or even a convict from pursuing education? Many undertrials and convicts in prisons also pursue education. Under what law of the land can BCI withhold issuing degree or marksheet for not declaring criminal antecedents? Such a serious impediment in pursuit of education cannot be imposed through a mere notification by a statutory body, without the backing of a law made by Parliament. Where does BCI derive its powers to do so?
And what impact does the criminal antecedent of a person have on their legal education? Not just this, BCI expects all law colleges to leave everything aside and conduct a ‘thorough criminal background check’ on each student. Again, what is the objective sought to be achieved here? This is also completely arbitrary and ultra vires the jurisdiction and powers of BCI and a wastage of time and resources of law colleges. It serves no credible purpose and therefore cannot be justified. At best, BCI can make it voluntary for students to declare their criminal antecedents, however, the failure to do so cannot result in marksheets or degrees being withheld.
The requirement for biometric attendance and CCTV surveillance are at complete odds with the post Puttaswamy jurisprudence related to right to privacy. First, it is not clear what objective is served by biometric attendance and CCTV surveillance of classrooms. Is the problem of low attendance or proxy attendance so rampant, widespread and entrenched that it requires such a grave infringement of privacy of students as well as teachers? This doesn’t meet the test of proportionality as not only does BCI provide any justification, it also doesn’t place on record any evidence of the extent of the problem sought to be solved and no discussion is undertaken on what lesser intrusive alternatives can be tried. In light of the law laid down in Puttaswamy and subsequent judgements, this instruction by BCI is unconstitutional and void ab initio. The BCI is also reminded that just a few days ago, the entire world observed the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi, a barrister himself, protested a law requiring forceful collection of fingerprints of Indians and other Asians living in Transvaal, South Africa in 1906, arguing that it was humiliating and disrespectful!
It must be mentioned that as per extant attendance rules, students are well aware of the consequences of not maintaining minimum attendance, but they cannot be forced to be in the class through such measures. Most often students do not turn up due to poor infrastructure, bad teaching techniques and outdated syllabus. There are also many ‘fake’ law colleges functioning right under the nose of BCI which promise a degree without the need of attending classes. This is what the BCI should be concentrating its energies on improving and addressing instead of arm twisting students into being in class. Finally, the BCI completely fails to mention any requirement by the law colleges to adopt privacy measures to keep this data secure. Who is the BCI making responsible for safety and security of the sensitive personal data so collected? Would BCI take responsibility for biometric frauds? Do all law colleges have the means and resources to even implement such a direction? This is completely misconceived and unconstitutional.
As for an undertaking by students that they are not pursuing any other degree or employment along with their course, this may be justified to ensure that law students stay committed to their education. But there could be many reasons, including some law students coming from poor backgrounds, with parents unable to afford their education, who might be undertaking part time jobs to sustain themselves and their education. No student must be penalized for being poor and for trying to acquire education and improve their lives through sheer grit and struggle. In such cases, as long as students are able to meet the minimum attendance criterion and pass all their exams, their degrees must not and cannot be withheld only because they need to work along with their education to make ends meet and did not want to disclose the same to their law college.
In conclusion, the entire notification is seriously flawed, illegal, impractical, unconstitutional and cannot be sustained. BCI must immediately withdraw the notification. And then BCI is earnestly advised to hold open and public consultations to come up with feasible, practical and legal rules to address real and credible problems. Issuing such problematic notifications to deal with make believe problems cannot be permitted in a democratic polity governed by rule of law.
We sincerely hope that good sense will prevail and BCI will take back the notification with immediate effect.
Thanks,
Yours sincerely,
Signatories:
| Maansi V | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Diya Elizabeth Prakash | Law Student | Kerala |
| Rishav Sharma | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Khalil ur Rehaman | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Bhargav Oza | Law Student | Gujarat |
| Yasir S. Alvi | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Sameer Kagad | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Hershall Sehajpal | Law Student | Haryana |
| John Michael | Concerned Citizen | Telangana |
| Rashmi R. Vhaval | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Muskan Tibrewala | Lawyer | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Sanju | Concerned Citizen | Rajasthan |
| Avani Chokshi | Lawyer | Karnataka |
| S.Q.Masood | Social Activist | Telangana |
| M Pavan Kishore | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Mohammed Faizaan contractor | Law Student | Karanatka |
| Ritu Saxena | Law Teacher | Delhi |
| Yamina Rizvi | Lawyer | New Delhi |
| Syed Fahad | Law Student | Hyderabad Telangana |
| Shasoj Patel | Lawyer | Karnataka |
| BASIL HEMBROM | Law Student | Jharkhand |
| RAMAKRUSHNA K | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Alauddin Mattikatti | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Harshita Singh | Law Student | Delhi |
| Swetha Mariam Saji | Law Student | Kerala |
| Taha Bin Tasneem | Lawyer | NCT of Delhi |
| KHALISH CHETRI | Law Student | Karnataka |
| M Renukamma | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Narayan Kandeyang | Law Student | Jharkhand |
| Gopinath Thimmappa Gowda | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Harsh Vardhan Yadav | Law Student | Delhi |
| Suhas.N | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Maharathi Madhu Kiran | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Purnima Upadhyay | Lawyer | Maharashtra |
| Dr Indu Prakash Singh | Concerned Citizen | Delhi |
| Avinash c | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Carina Singh | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Nandisha S | Lawyer | Karnataka |
| Pyoli | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Prashanth Dasari | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Kaustubh | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Santosh Upadhyay | LLB degree Holder | bihar |
| Viswesh Sekhar | Lawyer | Karnataka |
| Mahesh Menon | Law Teacher | Tamil Nadu |
| Shivani Shreedhar Madival | Law Student | Karnataka, Bharat |
| Hanish Pessey | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Apoorva Patil | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Siddhanth | Law Teacher | Tamil Nadu |
| Zareen Banu | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Sairam Gandewar | Law Student | Telangana |
| Manvi Rathod | Lawyer | Maharashtra |
| Vamshi | Law Student | Telangana |
| Vikas Muralidharan | Law Teacher | Tamil Nadu |
| Nikita Agarwal | Lawyer | New Delhi |
| Ojaswi Anand | Law Student | Bihar |
| Adarsh Ranjan | Law Student | Bihar |
| Amala | Lawyer | New Delhi |
| Amala | Lawyer | New Delhi |
| Bandari rajesh | Law Student | Telangana |
| Veena Shatrugna | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Samudyata Sreenath | Law Teacher | Tamil Nadu |
| Achu T Thomas | Law Student | Karnataka |
| subramanym | Law Student | Telangana |
| Chitra Narayan | Lawyer | Tamil Nadu |
| Mohit Kumar | Law Student | Bihar (Patna) |
| Mithilesh Kumar sah | Law Student | Bihar |
| Mini Mathew | Lawyer | Mumbai |
| Vardhan Gupta | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Rony Dias | Concerned Citizen | Goa |
| Alaric Gomes | Law Student | Goa |
| Adv Dr Shalu Nigam | Lawyer | Delhi NCR |
| Mandira Mitra | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Renuka B. Tulasigeri | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Koninika Ray | Concerned Citizen | New Delhi |
| PUJA KUMARI | Law Student | BIHAR |
| Navern | Law Student | Bihar |
| Ishita | Law Student | Delhi |
| sunit majumdar | Law Student | New Delhi |
| George fernandes | Concerned Citizen | Goa |
| Donesh uike | Law Student | Chhattisgarh |
| Kedar jha | Law Student | Bihar |
| Mughil | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Mimi Dharshana R | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Ankit raj | Law Student | Bihar |
| K R Vaishali | Lawyer | Tamil Nadu |
| Abisha.N | Lawyer | Tamil Nadu |
| Suma sri | Lawyer | Telangana |
| Mohamed Athib | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Magizhva Rajesh | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Adhavan | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Saurabh | Concerned Citizen | Patna |
| Amizhdhini Ambedkar K.P | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Anushree Rawat | Law Student | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ayan Shah | Law Student | Maha |
| Suhasini Chowdhury | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Paritoshika | Law Student | Delhi |
| Atharva Ballal | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Kashish Gupta | Law Student | Haryana |
| Ved | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Trisha J | Law Student | Haryana |
| Ankit Soni | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Kudrat Bains | Law Student | Chandigarh |
| Abir Ray | Law Student | New Delhi |
| Triya Ghosh | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Nipun Sinha | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| JAYANTIKA SINGH | Law Student | New Delhi |
| Rohan | Law Student | KARNATAKA |
| Saksham Shah | Concerned Citizen | Maharashtra |
| Joseph | Law Student | Haryana |
| Vanshika Mehta | Law Student | Haryana |
| B.Sruthilayaa | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Dhriti S | Law Student | Haryana |
| Nilima Dutta | Lawyer | Maharashtra |
| Sanjay | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Bliss Joseph | Law Student | Kerala |
| Navneet Kumar Chauhan | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Shashank SR | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Aishwarya G | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Anasuya Suresh | Law Student | Kerala |
| Shaikh Rizwan | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Sebin James | Lawyer | Kerala |
| Kavin Castro M | Lawyer | Tamil Nadu |
| Ameya Bokil | Law Teacher | Karnataka |
| Shubham Kaushal | Lawyer | Gujarat |
| Hasi | Law Student | Haryana |
| Lekshmi Sujatha | Lawyer | Kerala |
| Nisha | Lawyer | West Bengal |
| Parth krishan pangare | Concerned Citizen | Maharashtra |
| Meera Sanghamitra | Social Activist, Law Graduate | Telangana |
| Sanket Jadhav | Concerned Citizen | Maharashtra |
| Pradeep Mandhyan | Lawyer | Maharashtra |
| Ujjwal Aahutosh | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Madhu Prasad | Concerned Citizen | New Delhi |
| Priyasha Sinha | Law Student | Telangana |
| Subhendu Bhattacharjee | Law Student | Delhi |
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| Arushi | Law Student | Punjab |
| Arshita Gupta | Law Student | Punjab |
| Vishwaroop Chatterjee | Law Student | Bihar |
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| [email protected] | Law Student | Jharkhand |
| Chirkankshit | Law Student | Punjab |
| Kavya Jain | Law Student | Haryana |
| Alina | Law Student | Uttarakhand |
| Kavya Dixit | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dhruv Saxena | Law Student | Punjab |
| Gautam Taneja | Law Student | Haryana |
| Toshika Sharma | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Vanshika Kamboj | Law Student | Punjab |
| Gaurika | Law Student | Punjab |
| Jugaad Singh | Law Student | Punjab |
| Natasha Mittal | Law Student | Haryana |
| AM | Law Student | Telangana |
| Eti Gupta | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Gunjan Yede | Law Student | MP |
| Swaraj Pushkar | Law Student | Punjab |
| Ojasvit Paliwal | Law Student | Haryana |
| Rasleen Kaur Dua | Law Student | Punjab |
| Aryaman | Law Student | Haryana |
| Kennedy Advocate | Lawyer | Tamilnadu |
| Yashika Sharma | Law Student | Patiala, Punjab |
| Parth Gupta | Law Student | Chandigarh |
| Nehal Jain | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Anjana Rajsri Anand | Lawyer | Karnataka |
| Shantanu Singh | Law Student | Punjab |
| Raashi chouhan | Law Student | Haryana |
| Kanmani R | Lawyer | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Anupradha Singh | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Shwet Pandit | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Akshat Shah | Concerned Citizen | Maharashtra |
| Ashish | Lawyer | Telangana |
| Zuha | Concerned Citizen | Uttarakhand |
| Isha Khandelwal | Lawyer | Madhya Pradesh |
| Maheshwari Mawase | Lawyer | Madhya Pradesh |
| Clifton D’ Rozario | All India Lawyers Association for Justice | Karnataka |
| Ishaan Motipawale | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Aysha | Concerned Citizen | Delhi |
| Pratik | Lawyer | UP |
| Carina | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Chandrasekhar | Lawyer | Kerala |
| Radhika | Law Teacher | Karnataka |
| K.Gnanathesigan | Lawyer | Tamil Nadu |
| Aadithya Athreya | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Aastha Nayak | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Mayanka S. R. | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Manoj | Law Student | Karnataka |
| B. R. Yazhini | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Ashutosh kumar | Law Student | Delhi |
| Raghav Singhal | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Adya Singh | Law Student | Bihar |
| Ishaan Goel | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shiny Verma | Law Student | Haryana |
| Koushiik Kumar | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Anandita | Law Student | Delhi |
| Kalpana | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Varsha Ramesh | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Archana Meena | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Zahid | Law Student | Kerala |
| Arushi Goel | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Aditi | Law Student | Haryana |
| Mrigank Jain | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Tvisha V | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Devpriya Singh | Law Student | Haryana |
| Viswas | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Prasun Nabiyal | Law Student | New Delhi |
| Shresth Goswami | Law Student | Madhya Pradesh |
| Kisna S Shetty | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Kevin Preji | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Komal barwal | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Mohamed Thahir Sulaiman | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Anirud Raghav | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Siddarth D | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Pankhuri | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Aaradhya Nigam | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Aarna Bhatnagar | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Samarth Nayar | Law Teacher | Delhi |
| Karnika Jain | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Asutosh Kar | Law Student | Odisha |
| Saloni Manatwal | Law Student | New delhi |
| Hemish Narain Biswas | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Ritesh Raj | Law Student | Jharkhand |
| Mridul kothari | Law Teacher | MP |
| Manhar Bansal | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Ameya Deb | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Santhoshsivan S | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Shruti Jain | Law Student | Delhi (studying in Karnataka) |
| Ritu Ranjan | Law Student | Bihar |
| Devdhir Singh | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Sanchi Deshpande | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Aishwarya R | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Yashaas B | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Jairaj Singh Basur | Law Student | Chandigarh |
| Aravind Krishna | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Aumita Mishra | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Manish Kundra | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Mahesh Ram | Lawyer | Uttar Pradesh |
| Kshitika | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Aryan Arun | Law Student | Kerala |
| Nitish Lal | Law Teacher | Odisha |
| Rishi | Law Student | Bihar |
| Dhikshitha | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Akash | Law Student | Haryana |
| A. Ghosh | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Mitali Mittal | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Siddharth M | Law Teacher | Karnataka |
| Aditi Navrang | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Aditya Singhvi | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Catherine Elena D | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Pratham T | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Shikhar | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Yash Varma | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Tanisha Meena | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Devansh Shrivastava | Law Student | Chhattisgarh |
| Goutam Das | Law Student | Jharkhand |
| Karthik J Lal | Law Student | Kerala |
| Ayush raj | Law Student | Bihar |
| Japandeep Singh Brar | Law Teacher | Rajasthan |
| Pragathi Rao Baneri | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Neelansh Singh | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Pravidhi | Law Student | Delhi |
| Prasanna Madhav Mohan | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Aarav Bharany | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Gargi Pandit | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Pradhyot Shah | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Parvathi | Law Student | Karnataka |
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| Saket Ranjan | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shreya Katiyar | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Syed Arshad Mahmood | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Vedant Gupta | Law Student | Karnataka |
| SMRUTI RANJAN | Law Student | Odisha |
| Sai Hrudaya Eslavath | Law Student | Telangana |
| Ashu Kumar | Law Student | Bihar |
| Krishna Pandey | Law Student | MP |
| Manya Choudhary | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Rakshita bhardwaj | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Nishtha Jindal | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Sarah Cherawala | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Sannah Mudbidri | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Nishant Kumar | Law Student | Jharkhand |
| Aditya Panuganti | Law Student | Telangana |
| Suryanshu | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
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| Vasundhara soni | Law Student | Bengaluru |
| Arnav Bhatnagar | Law Student | Bangalore |
| Chahat Bhambri | Law Student | Chandigarh / Bangalore |
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| Lakshmi Aradhana | Law Student | karnataka |
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| Richa Agrawal | Law Student | Madhya Pradesh |
| Jishnudeep Kolay | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Vikrant | Law Student | Bihar |
| Aditi Pophare | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Barbara | Law Student | Tamilnadu |
| Christopher Manoharan | Lawyer | Tamil Nadu |
| Siddharth Devaraju | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Harshita | Lawyer | Madhya Pradesh |
| Puneet Srivastava | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Neil Bruce | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Saee Bhate | Law Student | Goa |
| Kunsh | Law Student | Tamil Nadu |
| Rajani Rao | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Sagarika Parab | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Reet Choudhary | Lawyer | Haryana |
| Naveen sharma | Law Student | Madhya pradesh |
| Pushpendra | Concerned Citizen | Bihar |
| Shashank Raghav | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Srishti Agrawal | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Adithya S | Law Student | Kerala |
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| Prakhar Srivastava | Lawyer | Delhi |
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| Natalie Smriti Bilung | Law Student | Bihar |
| Harshvardhan Lahiri | Lawyer | Maharashtra |
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| Ankit Aneesh | Law Student | Karnataka |
| TPS Harsha | Lawyer | Telangana |
| Ilakkiya Dillibabu | Law Student | Karnataka |
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| Shailja Beria | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Sunidhi Das | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Pooja Kini | Concerned Citizen | Karnataka |
| Vatsal | Law Student | Gujarat |
| Varun Dhond | Lawyer | Maharashtra |
| Vishno Sudheendra | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Pushpesh Paliwal | Lawyer | Uttarakhand |
| Jaivansh Jaimini | Law Student | Haryana |
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| Laksh Chaudhry | Law Student | Gujarat |
| Dhruvika | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Vanshika Gupta | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Varun Soni | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Yash Shrivastava | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Ch Abhinandan Patra | Law Student | Odisha |
| Anindita Mukherjee | Law Teacher | Telangana |
| Nikitha Surabhi | Lawyer | Karnataka |
| Anjali Choudhary | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Mishri | Concerned Citizen | Gujarat |
| Krishita Faldu | Law Student | Gujarat |
| Jacob George Panickasseril | Law Teacher | Uttar Pradesh |
| Paavane Ravichandran | Law Student | Tamilnadu |
| Mitul Bhushan | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| Rudraksh | Lawyer | Delhi |
| Manasvinei | Law Student | Delhi |
| Dikshant | Concerned Citizen | Delhi |
| Md Sabeeh Ahmad | Lawyer | West Bengal |
| Siddhant | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Arti Mohan | Lawyer | Himachal |
| Ayera | Lawyer | Karnataka |
| Hariom Tiwari | Law Student | Telangana |
| Shreya Mahajan | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Jhasha Korra | Law Student | Telangana |
| Tarushi Jain | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mohit | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Saroja | Concerned Citizen | Telangana |
| Sonu Kumar | Law Student | Bihar |
| Aarav Gupta | Law Student | Delhi |
| Pragya | Lawyer | Rajasthan |
| Atharva Kulkarni | Law Student | Maharashtra |
| A P Josy | Lawyer | Chhattisgarh |
| Aryashree Methi | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Ishita | Law Student | Delhi |
| Keerthi K | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Priyam Mitra | Law Student | MP |
| Amandeep Kaur | Lawyer | Uttrakhand |
| Akanksha | Law Student | Bangalore |
| Krish Giria | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Pranav Bhalla | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Avni | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Ashmit Thakur | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Rahini Kothari | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Arya Gutgutia | Law Student | Jharkhand |
| Siddharth Murthy | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Oravi | Law Student | Delhi |
| Atharv Tyagi | Concerned Citizen | Delhi |
| Pradnesh | Law Student | Karnataka |
| Ranjan Kumar | Social Activist | Bihar |
| Aditya Raj | Law Student | Bihar |
| Annisha Mandal | Law Student | Delhi |
| Shubhranil | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Pranab Mahajan | Law Student | Haryana |
| Samhita Atreya | Law Student | Telangana |
| Sanaa Verma | Law Student | Haryana |
| S Dhanush | Law Student | Tamilnadu |
| Biraj Kumar Biswas | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Hardik Anand | Law Student | Madhya Pradesh |
| Lokesh Vyas | Law Student | Rajasthan |
| Kashish Jha | Law Student | West Bengal |
| Aarushi Anand | Law Student | Delhi |
| Vikramadhitya G | Concerned Citizen | Telangana |
| Malavika Prasad | Law Teacher | Karnataka |
| Sameer Saini | Law Student | Uttar Pradesh |
| Nikita Sonavane | Lawyer | Madhya Pradesh |
| Rajni Palriwala | Former university teacher | Delhi |
| Samvedh B | Law Student | Telangana |
| Akhil Surya | Law Student | Telangana |
| Hasini | Law Student | Telangana |
| Himanshu Mehra | Law Student | Telangana |
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