EXCLUSIVE | Kolkata Law College Gang Rape
Supreme Courtroom lawyer Satyam Singh has written to the CJI Gavai demanding a court-monitored CBI probe into the gang rape of a younger regulation scholar in Kolkata. He strongly condemned derogatory remarks by TMC leaders and requested institutional reforms for girls’s security.
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NEW DELHI: In a robust transfer for justice, Supreme Courtroom lawyer Mr. Satyam Singh has written a suo moto letter petition to the Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on thirtieth June 2025, demanding pressing motion within the horrific gang rape of a 24-year-old woman regulation scholar in Kolkata.
The incident reportedly passed off on twenty fifth June 2025 inside South Calcutta Legislation Faculty and has shaken the authorized neighborhood and the nation.
In accordance with Mr. Singh, this crime is not only a brutal assault on one particular person, however a direct assault on the complete authorized occupation and the values of justice. He has urged the Hon’ble Supreme Courtroom to take fast suo moto cognizance and to switch the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), monitored immediately by the courtroom.
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He writes that the sufferer, a first-year regulation scholar, was allegedly gang raped by 4 people:
- Manojit Mishra (a former scholar and contractual workers linked to the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad),
- Zaib Ahmed (first-year scholar),
- Pramit Mukhopadhyay (scholar), and
- Pinaki Banerjee (a school guard).
The accused reportedly threatened her, stripped her garments, and assaulted her. Medical experiences confirmed the accidents, and the police recovered hair strands, unknown liquids, and a hockey stick from numerous spots, displaying proof of a battle.
Mr. Satyam Singh reminded the courtroom that he was earlier concerned within the 2024 RG Kar Medical Faculty rape-murder case, which introduced vital security reforms for docs. He additionally represents the Federation of Resident Docs Affiliation and has taken up numerous circumstances in regards to the rights of para-athletes, digital freedom, and COVID-19 transparency.
In his phrases, he is named
“The advocate who by no means backed down from a struggle for justice.”
Disturbingly, as a substitute of supporting the sufferer, senior TMC leaders together with Kalyan Banerjee (MP) and Madan Mitra (MLA) allegedly made public statements that shamed the sufferer and questioned her character. Mr. Singh said that this has created a “chilling impact” for girls attorneys and authorized professionals throughout West Bengal.
He referred to the repeated failure of West Bengal’s governance below the TMC regime to make sure ladies’s security, particularly after the RG Kar case, highlighting a “sample of political shielding.”
He quoted earlier landmark judgments to assist court-monitored investigation:
“Monitoring of legal investigation is the perform of investigating company and never that of the courtroom… However unsolved crimes, unsuccessful prosecution, unpunished offenders and wrongful convictions convey our legal justice system in disrepute… When the individuals concerned within the crime wield political energy and affect, the potential of placing strain on the investigating company, which is not any extra unbiased in our nation, is far more.” – Shahid Balwa v. Union of India
He additional added:
“The courts, and particularly the Excessive Courts and the Supreme Courtroom, are the sentinels of justice and have been vested with extraordinary powers of judicial assessment and supervision to make sure that the rights of the residents are duly protected.” – Romila Thapar v. Union of India
Mr. Singh additionally cited the current Bilkis Bano judgment:
“The judgment prioritized the rights and dignity of rape survivors over administrative comfort or political concerns.”
He warned that the accused individuals’ political affiliations may affect the investigation, and such bias will weaken public religion within the authorized system. He stated the case reveals similarities with the 2022 Nirbhaya case and demanded swift judicial intervention to cease the cycle of political safety and systemic failure.
Moreover, he emphasised how the failure to implement the Aparajita Invoice, handed by the West Bengal Meeting to make sure harder motion in opposition to intercourse offenders, has worsened ladies’s security.
In his petition, Mr. Satyam Singh made a number of requests to the Hon’ble Supreme Courtroom:
- Take suo moto cognizance of the incident.
- Switch the case to CBI with strict timeline and monitoring.
- Present police safety to the sufferer, her household, witnesses, and attorneys.
- Direct the West Bengal Authorities to put in 24/7 CCTV, ladies security cells, helplines, safety audits, and background verification for all academic workers.
- Pay Rs 50 lakhs compensation to the survivor for her remedy and rehabilitation.
- Take motion in opposition to TMC leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Madan Mitra for his or her victim-shaming statements.
- Conduct a magisterial inquiry into how this incident was allowed to occur in a school.
Satyam Singh burdened that:
“Correct and uninfluenced investigation is critical to convey concerning the reality. Reality will probably be a casualty if investigation is derailed as a result of exterior strain and responsible will get away from the clutches of regulation.”
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