New Delhi, July 28 -- The Supreme Court of India said on Tuesday that it it necessary for an independent probe into allegations of police excesses during the recent student protests over the NEET-UG paper leak.

The apex court observed that "agitations in a democracy are bound to happen" and that once a uniform protocol is established and police action is put in place, "whoever has committed excesses and taken law in hand, and whoever has committed atrocities, they must be brought under the law."

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