New Delhi, July 25 -- Hours after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant clarified in open court that no plea has been filed in Supreme Court over alleged police excesses during the July 20 crackdown on student protesters in Delhi, the court on Friday agreed to hear two freshly instituted petitions on the issue on Monday. The development came in the afternoon when senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentioned two petitions before a bench led by the CJI, saying they had now been formally filed and assigned diary numbers. "There are two petitions dealing with the violence that took place across the country on the students' protest," Sankaranarayanan said. He said the petitions were not mentioned earlier because they were awaiting diary numbers. "We have diary numbers, properly constituted petitions. The states are parties," he submitted. The CJI responded, "Let it be listed, we will entertain." Urging an early hearing, Sankaranarayanan said, "This is happening on a daily basis. Police is using excessive force against children. It is just going on unabated. Some controls are necessary." The CJI directed that the petitions, including the one filed by advocate Shailesh Mani Tripathi, be listed on Monday. The issue surfaced when senior advocate Shoeb Alam mentioned an unrelated matter and sought an urgent hearing. Referring to media reports claiming that SC had declined to hear a plea on July 20 crackdown, CJI said registry verified its records and found that no writ petition had been instituted....