Calcutta HC asks State Government to file report on Jadavpur University agitation during Education Minister's visit
The Hindu
Calcutta High Court orders State government to file report on Jadavpur University incident involving Education Minister Bratya Basu.
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) directed the State government to file a comprehensive report on the incidents that happened during the visit of Education Minister Bratya Basu to Jadavpur University on March 1.
Stating that the court is bothered whether there was any intelligence failure on the part of the police about the agitation on that day in the university, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh observed he does not want people coming too close to a constitutional authority as in the "neighbouring country".
Hearing a petition by some students about alleged police inaction over their complaints, Justice Ghosh asked whether the intelligence authorities informed the Minister about the agitation that was to take place at the varsity during his visit.
"I don't want this to be an example in the rest of West Bengal," Justice Ghosh observed orally.
The court said that under the garb of agitation, coming in the close vicinity of the Minister and manhandling him is not welcome.
The court said it does not want that in the close vicinity of the Minister, there would be people "as it is happening in the neighbouring country".
It would be very difficult to reintroduce discipline among the citizens if such indiscipline spreads across the State, the HC said.
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