The Home Department of the Delhi government on Thursday (July 30, 2026) issued an order stating that no adverse legal action will be taken against people involved in NEET (UG) protests.
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“The protection, however, shall not extend to persons having criminal antecedents, as mandated in the order of Hon’ble Supreme Court mentioned above,” the order said.
The process for reviewing the arrests/detentions and releasing the arrested persons, in those cases where arrests have already been done, would be done expeditiously, the Delhi government has assured.
The Delhi government has also said that no further adverse action would be taken against the individuals involved in the protests and that the matter shall be treated as closed without any future proceedings.
Earlier, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 28, 2026) indicated that it would consider constituting a high-powered investigation team to conduct a “thorough, fair and independent” inquiry into allegations of police excesses during the recent student protests in Delhi and several States. While permitting the State authorities to proceed with the investigation of the FIRs registered in relation to the protests, the court ordered the immediate release of all minors arrested in connection with the demonstrations and restrained the police from taking coercive action against “protesting students” unless they had criminal antecedents.
The Bench, also comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, issued notices to the Union government, the Delhi government and the Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Kerala, directing them to place their responses on record. It indicated that it would decide whether to order an independent probe after considering the responses filed by the authorities.
Taking note of petitions alleging that student protesters had been illegally arrested and detained by the police, the Supreme Court directed the authorities to forthwith release all minors detained in connection with the demonstrations. While permitting the police to continue investigating the FIRs registered in relation to the protests, it restrained the authorities from taking any coercive action against students unless they had criminal antecedents.