India, Sept. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday invoked its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to quash all FIRs against student protesters who faced FIRs for participating the Cockroach Janata Party-led protests between July 20 and 25, except those with criminal antecedents. CJP spokesperson Saurav Das told the SC that after Government's positive response and the court's order, the group has decided to withdraw its call for the September 5 protest. This followed a submission by Delhi Police and Governments of four NDA-ruled States, that the cases filed against protesters regarding the July 20 CJP protest will be withdrawn and no new cases will be filed in the future regarding the same protest.

A Bench of Chief Justice o...