Kolkata, June 30 -- A set of PILs was filed today in the Calcutta High Court in relation to the alleged
gang rape of a woman student within the premises of a law college in south Kolkata on June 25, court sources
said.
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed separately by one citizen, Vijay Singhal, and advocate
Soumya Shuvra Roy in the division bench headed by Soumen Sen seeking an urgent hearing on the
matter, which has rocked the state, both politically and socially.
The court admitted both the PILs and the hearing is expected this week, sources said.
In one of the petitions, the litigant demanded the appointment of a retired judge to head the recently
constituted five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Police to pr...