Why Indian law students don't want top judge at their graduation ceremony

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Chief Justice Surya Kant has recently made comments that have angered India's youthByGeeta PandeyBBC Correspondent, DelhiIndia's top judges often make news for their rulings or pronunciations on weighty matters of law.But Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has recently made headlines for comments that have angered the youth and, in recent days, prompted students from two premier legal universities to demand that he should not be invited to be the chief guest at their convocations.The current row started on 23 July when dozens of outgoing students from Nalsar University of Law in the southern city of Hyderabad wrote an email to the college authorities asking that CJI Kant should not be invited to preside over their passing-out ceremony. The demand has since been supported by about 450 of the university's 1,400 students, including many juniors.The invitation to the chief justice is in keeping with tradition and for aspiring lawyers, the presence of the country's top judge at their convocation is usually seen as a matter of pride.But Nalsar students were upset over reports that a day earlier, the chief justice had turned down a request to hold u...