Overview

• The West Bengal government delivered a sealed progress report on the Kolkata Police investigation into the June 25 gang rape at South Calcutta Law College to a division bench led by Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De.
• The High Court directed that the report be kept confidential and entrusted only to the victim’s counsel, with a further hearing set for July 17.
• Victim’s counsel told the bench that the survivor’s family is satisfied with the pace and direction of the SIT-led probe.
• Three PILs filed by petitioners seek a CBI or court-monitored investigation and call for strengthened security measures across West Bengal campuses.
• Petitioners highlighted campus security lapses including unauthorized after-hours access, lack of surveillance and administrative failures at the South Calcutta Law College premises.