India, July 3 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old student inside a south Kolkata law college, directed the state education department to shut down union rooms in all colleges and universities across West Bengal.

"The division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De has directed the state education department to shut down union rooms in all colleges and universities across the state," advocate and petitioner Sayan Banerjee said.

Hearing a separate PIL, the court also directed the state to file an affidavit detailing the progress of the investigation into the gang-rape case.

A 24-year-old student was allegedly gang-...