The Supreme Court’s September 1 order quashing FIRs registered against students protesting under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Jantar Mantar, Delhi, and in some other state capitals, is a walk into a legal quagmire and also a random, impulsive, and unthought-out move that brushes aside judicial protocols and unnecessarily turns settled law upside down. Though the SC has stated that the order cannot be treated as precedent, it is clear that it will give ideas to various judges in future.

Firstly, the SC was wading into a matter that was already settled, namely the government agreement signed by two of its ministers and two representatives of the CJP.

It was based on this agreement that........

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