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- Lawyers' bodies, including the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association, have condemned police action against students during a July 20 protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party and demanded an inquiry.
- The SCBA passed a resolution calling for an immediate, impartial and time-bound investigation, saying several students and lawyers were injured, and its president wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a judicial probe into both the police action and alleged irregularities in national examinations.
- Separately, over 650 lawyers, including several senior advocates, signed a statement of solidarity with the students.
- Lawyers providing legal aid say police have not shared FIRs or the identities of detainees, and they have so far secured the release of around 90 students from five police stations.
What to watch next
- Whether the government responds to the demand for a judicial inquiry into the police action and examination irregularities.
- Whether police release FIRs, medical records and detainee information, and allow lawyers access to those still in custody.
- The outcome of the SCBA's call for identifying those responsible and action against them.
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Named India · Indian students · Amit Shah · Chander Uday Singh · Cockroach Janata Party · Gopal Subramanium · Huzefa Ahmadi · Indira Jaising · Narendra Modi · Police · Raju Ramachandran · Rebecca M. John · Sanjay Hegde
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