Student Protests | Petitioner Expresses Reservations About Probe Committee, Urge Supreme Court To Reconstitute It

Some of the petitioners in the student protest violence matter have expressed reservations about the composition of the High-Powered Enquiry Committee constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the allegations of police excesses and vandalism by protesters.Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, representing some of the petitioners, mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India seeking the listing of an application filed by them. Though Sankaranarayanan did not state what the application was about, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta said that it was a "mischievous application." The SG said that the applicants were challenging the committee's composition, and had suggested some alternate names. "It's mischievous. Prayer is to reconstitute the committee and investigate this and that minister. This is not a political platform. They have given names of judges," SG said.CJI Surya Kant then said, "We don't appreciate mentioning of judges' names."