The Supreme Court Bar Association and Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association sought Chief Justice Surya Kant’s intervention over lawyers’ detention during a Delhi protest. SCBA president Pradeep Kumar Rai later said the lawyers had reportedly been released following the CJI’s intervention
Supreme Court bar associations SCBA and SCAORA condemned police action against students and lawyers protesting NEET irregularities at Jantar Mantar. Calling peaceful dissent a constitutional right, both bodies demanded a time-bound, impartial inquiry into the "excessive use of force."