Is IIT Kharagpur in Trouble Over LL.M. Courses? BCI Clarifies It’s Actually IIT Indore

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has admitted that its recent notice to IIT Kharagpur over alleged unauthorised LL.M. degrees was the result of a typographical error. Responding to an RTI filed by Advocate Vinay Kumar Yadav, the BCI clarified that the advisory was actually meant for IIT Indore’s MSc in Cybersecurity and Cyber Law programme.

The RTI reply stated that “in paragraph 24 of the letter dated June 25, 2025, the name of the institute was wrongly typed as Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur instead of Indian Institute of Technology, Indore.”

The BCI has been scrutinising universities for offering law programmes in violation of its Legal Education Rules, 2008 and 2020. Its directive flagged concerns about institutions—such as NLIU Bhopal, OP Jindal Global University, and NLU Delhi—using the “LL.M.” nomenclature despite disclaimers that their courses are not equivalent to BCI-recognised degrees.