The court directed that all the cases filed against students in all states and union territories will stand quashed. In a big relief for the student protesters who faced FIRs after the July 20 Cockroach Janata Party protests, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed all the FIRs filed against protesters between July 20 and 25.
I also thank the Court for this decision and the learned counsel on both sides. The proposed march was to begin at India Gate and proceed towards the Delhi Police Headquarters. After the Supreme Court’s big move, the CJP called off its proposed September 5 march in Delhi. The court order came after Centre’s assurance that the cases filed against protesters regarding the July 20 CJP protest will be withdrawn and no new cases will be filed in the future regarding the same protest. CJP spokesperson Saurav Das told the top court that after Centre’s positive response and the top court’s decision, the group has decided to withdraw its call for the September 5 protest. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta told the court that the Centre (Delhi Police), and the States of Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Maharashtra have filed applications seeking to quash the FIRs linked to student protests, and assuring that no future FIRs would be registered in respect of the protest related events from July 20 to July 25. Appreciating the Centre’s response, Das told the court: “In view of the positive assurances of the Government of India and the judicial sanctity bestowed upon them today, and in view of the order being passed by this Court, the CJP deems it appropriate to withdraw the call for the march on September 5 and looks forward to compliance with today’s order. The CJP had accused the government of delaying the withdrawal of FIRs against student protesters and of failing to provide a written assurance on the commitments made during the July 25 negotiations.
The organisation had said that families of NEET aspirants who died by suicide and alleged victims of police action during the July protests would lead the demonstration.
