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HC asks Mamata govt to file report on probe into law student rape case
The New Indian Express Chennai
|July 04, 2025
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Government to file a status report on the progress of the investigation into the alleged gang rape incident of a female student within the South Calcutta Law College premises at Kasba on June 25.
A division bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De stated that the Government must also produce the case diary of the investigation at the next hearing on July 10. The Court directed the college authorities to submit a copy of their constitution, along with an affidavit, at the next hearing. The Bench took note of the concern expressed in the petition over the "multiple, serious and unanswered questions w
This story is from the July 04, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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