The Delhi High Court has dismissed as not maintainable a writ petition by a group of advocates, represented by Prashant Bhushan, seeking a CBI or independent probe into an alleged assault on protesting advocates at the Bar Council of India premises in August 2026, in which they wanted the role of BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra examined. The Court held that the petitioners had an alternate efficacious remedy in a complaint to the Magistrate, that the conduct alleged made out at most a non-cognizable offence, and disapproved the submission that the Delhi Police would not act fairly because the respondent is a ruling-party MP.
