New Delhi, July 24 -- The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 27 petitions alleging excessive police action against students who participated in protests at Jantar Mantar and other places across the country over examination paper leaks.

The matter was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana by senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, saying two petitions concerning the alleged violence against protesters have been filed.

Sankaranarayanan submitted that the petitions related to incidents of alleged police violence during student protests and involve multiple states as parties.

He said the petitions had not been mentioned earlier because they were awaiting diary nu...