The States of Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Assam have approached the Supreme Court docket searching for quashing of 116 FIRs registered in reference to scholar protests held in July over the NEET examination paper leak, citing the Central Authorities’s dedication given to the Cockroach Janata Occasion (CJP) on July 25 that the circumstances can be withdrawn if the agitations had been referred to as off.
The States have urged the Court docket to invoke its particular powers underneath Article 142 to quash the FIRs. Yesterday, the Centre had filed a similar application to quash the Delhi police FIRs in opposition to protesters, and sought permission to register a single FIR in opposition to 2873 individuals who had grave legal antecedents.
These functions have come forward of the CJP asserting a contemporary protest in Delhi on September 5, contending that the Centre had not honoured its dedication to honour the circumstances.
Solicitor Common of India Tushar Mehta as we speak morning requested the Chief Justice of India to take up the States’ functions alongside the Centre’s utility at 2 PM.
Bihar has sought the quashing of 69 FIRs, unfold throughout police stations in a number of districts. Its listing contains circumstances registered between July 20 and July 27, 2026, together with FIRs at Gandhi Maidan and Kotwali in Patna, Gopalganj City, Siwan City, Jehanabad, Katihar City, Muzaffarpur City, Bihar Sharif and different areas.
The listing runs to 69 FIRs, with the ultimate entries together with circumstances from Bhagwan Bazar, Dumra, Punora, Siwan City, Lalganj and Bettiah.
Maharashtra has positioned 34 FIRs earlier than the Supreme Court docket for quashing. The circumstances embrace FIRs registered in Nagpur, Mumbai, Pune, Jalgaon, Buldhana, Amravati and different areas.
The chart contains a number of circumstances from Shivaji Park and Sitabuldi police stations, moreover FIRs from Ganesh Peth, Sadar, Azad Maidan, Chembur, Wadi, Buldhana, Deccan, Ambi and Ramtek.
The Maharashtra utility says that, pursuant to the July 25 choice of the Central Authorities, the state now not needs to pursue or examine the listed FIRs.
West Bengal has sought aid in respect of eight FIRs, one registered at Entally police station and 7 at Hare Avenue police station.
The state has additionally advised the courtroom that if one other FIR regarding the identical incidents is subsequently delivered to its discover, it is not going to oppose the affected celebration searching for related aid from the Supreme Court docket. It has additional undertaken that no contemporary FIR might be filed for the incidents coated by its utility.
Assam has listed 5 FIRs for quashing. Like the opposite states, Assam says it now not needs to pursue or examine the FIRs following the Central Authorities’s July 25 choice.
