Kolkata, Feb. 2 -- The Calcutta High Court has stepped in to ensure a peaceful Saraswati Puja celebration at Jogesh Chandra Law College here. The court directed the police to provide security for the event, following complaints from the students that outsiders had taken control of their preparations.

Justice Joy Sengupta instructed that a Joint Commissioner-level officer monitor the situation to maintain law and order.

"This is an application, inter alia, praying for a direction upon the state and the College authorities to provide adequate security and protection in Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College and Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College situated at Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata, and to ensure that no outsider forcefully enters the ...