Suvaprasanna rejects nomination to NUJS Academic Council NUJS Registrar claims no official response received

The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal had recently nominated eminent artist, Suvaprasanna for a seat in the Academic Council of the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (NUJS)..The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal had recently nominated eminent artist, Suvaprasanna for a seat in the Academic Council of the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (NUJS)..This nomination had created an uproar amongst members of the legal fraternity since it was unclear as to how a person with no background in law could have been nominated to, a body which plays an instrumental role in framing the syllabus for and other allied matters with respect to the academic programme at NUJS.Suvaprasanna told The Indian Express, “I don’t have any idea about law or legal affairs, so I’m not accepting the post in the NUJS.” He added that he had received a letter from the NUJS regarding the nomination a few days ago but that he had never been consulted by the state government before the recommendation was made..“I am already a member of the Railway Amenities Committee and a member of the heritage committee. I understand these subjects, but I don’t know anything about legal matters and have always maintained a distance from them. So I can’t not give any advice to the institute either”, said Suvaprasanna..The NUJS Registrar, Surajit Chandra Mukhopadhyay, speaking to Bar & Bench, said, “We have not received any official response in this regard. I have only read the news in a paper.”