The Allahabad High Court has refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking a judicial inquiry into alleged police brutality on students at Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki.

A division bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjeev Shukla, however, said that its refusal to entertain the petition should not be understood as condoning any illegal act by government authorities or university officials.

On September 1, police personnel were deployed to force the protesters to disperse, which led to a lathi-charge that left several students injured, according to The Times of India.

Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad had staged a protest outside the private university, alleging irregularities in courses, fee structures and administrative decisions, The Times of India reported.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

The students claimed that the university was running its law programme without proper approval from the Bar Council of India.

Cases were filed against some protesters and several students were detained.

A Special Investigation Team led by the inspector general of the Faizabad Range later confirmed that there are irregularities in the university’s law courses, the newspaper reported.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court issued the order on the petition which sought a judicial probe under a retired High Court judge and action against police personnel found guilty of injuring students.

The court, however, noted that none of the students who were allegedly injured had themselves approached the bench.

It also pointed out that the issue of recognition for the university’s law courses was already under consideration in another public interest litigation.

Citing these reasons, the bench said it saw no reason to entertain the public interest litigation.

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