September 14, 2026 12:22 am (IST)
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Calcutta HC seeks report from Jadavpur University over controversial slogan-posters
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IBNS): A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Chief Justice Manjulla Chellur and Justice Abhijit Banerjee, on Friday asked the Jadavpur University to submit a report on the recent anti-national slogan-poster incidents in the university.
While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the High Court has directed the university authority to submit a report before the court, on the incident, within next four weeks.
Protesting against the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, few students of Jadavpur University on Tuesday (Feb 16) held a torch rally in the city, from where slogans in favour of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and separatist Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani were raised.
Few posters against the hanging of Afzal Guru and 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Memon were also found on Wednesday (Feb 17) inside the JU campus. Posters demanding freedom for Kashmir, Nagaland and Manipur were also spotted there.
One official of JU told IBNS, "As the Governor has asked for report on this incident, the university authority is currently making it. We will definitely file reports before the Governor and the honourable Calcutta High Court as well before the given deadline."
The JNU is currently facing protests and counter protests with the police cracking down on students over the anti-India slogans raised earlier to mark the death anniversary of Parliament Attack convict Afzal Guru on its campus in the national capital.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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