Ex-SC judge to lead probe into police action on CJP Parliament march

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court will on Wednesday constitute a high-powered committee led by a retired SC judge and comprising a former HC chief justice and a senior police officer to inquire into allegations and counter-allegations on police action on student protesters at the CJP-led Parliament march July 20, and recommend guidelines for graded use of force to control unruly agitators.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said they had obtained consent of a former SC judge and a retired HC CJ but were not giving names as it might lead to people passing opinion in favour or against.The bench said it had also got consent of a former CBI director and a former DGP of a state, and asked the counsel for petitioners whether it would be better to have a former CBI director