Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke addresses the media regarding the Supreme Court’s direction to the Centre to provide compensation within three months to families of students who died because of the NEET paper leak controversy, in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, September 1, 2026.
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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) welcomed the Supreme Court’s move to quash all FIRs registered against students who participated in the NEET protests across the country, calling it “absolute justice”.
Talking to reporters here, Mr. Dipke thanked the court and said justice had been dispensed to all those who fought at Jantar Mantar and to the families of those who died do to NEET paper leak.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 1) quashed all First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against students who participated in the CJP-led protests between July 20 and 25 across the country. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant also directed the Centre to provide within three months compensation to families of students who ended their lives over the NEET paper leak.
“Our demands have been met. This is absolute justice. It took us a month [for this],” Mr. Dipke said.
He said this was made possible due to people’s power, adding that he had been holding meetings with several delegations on the issue.
“I apologise to the families that we could not save your kids. We are very sorry that you lost your kids,” the CJP convener said, referring to those who lost their loved ones and blamed the government for its failure.
The students lost their lives because of the government’s failure, he alleged, and said the government had also accepted that it would provide compensation to the families of students who died.
“The government has accepted the demands, but it has to take responsibility that not a single student dies due to paper leak,” the CJP convener said.
Mr. Dipke further added that the government must ensure that no student loses life due to failure of the system.
“We cannot afford this anymore,” he said.
The CJP-led march on July 20 in Delhi saw clashes between protesters and security personnel, who used lathis and tear gas shells to disperse crowds attempting to move towards Parliament.
The student-led protests, which spread to several cities, were centred around the resignation of the then Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The agitation, which began at Jantar Mantar on June 20, was called off on July 25 after Mr. Pradhan resigned and the government accepted the CJP’s other demands.
Published – September 01, 2026 08:39 pm IST
