Overview

• Justices Rajan Roy and Manjeev Shukla dismissed Advocate Ashish Kumar Singh’s plea seeking a retired judge–led commission and criminal action against police personnel.
• The court clarified that its refusal should not be taken as condoning any unlawful act by government authorities or Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University.
• The bench noted that none of the allegedly injured law students had approached the court directly.
• Judges recorded that injured students are under treatment at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University, which was not impleaded in the petition.
• The court pointed to an existing PIL on Bar Council of India recognition, with News18 reporting a September 3 BCI order granting provisional approval for 2025–26 and regularising prior admissions subject to compliance, while a state FIR against the university is pending in related proceedings.