New Delhi/IBNS, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday constituted a five-member High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) to examine allegations of excessive and disproportionate force used by police, paramilitary forces and other security personnel against protesters during demonstrations over the NEET paper leak.

The committee will investigate the alleged use of force against peaceful protesters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and in other states.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice R Subhash Reddy to head the panel.

The other members are former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, former Delhi High Court judge Justice Shali...