Amid the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party-led agitation, the Bombay Bar Association on Thursday said that the use of police force against the students participating in protest was "deeply disturbing" and unacceptable, while senior Mumbai-based lawyer Satish Maneshinde said that he would appear for free for any student facing legal action.

Over the last three days, Mumbai has witnessed protests by students and activists in several places in support of the CJP's agitation seeking Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over the NEET leak issue.