Bengal urine case: Contempt notice for PM, rules Calcutta HC

The Calcutta high Court today ruled that a contempt notice must be served to the Prime Minister of India in the Visva-Bharati urine-drinking punishment incident as he is the Chancellor of the University.

The court added that the notice must be served to Vice Chancellor Sushanta Dutta Gupta, Registrar Mani Mukut Mitra, warden Uma Poddar and state education secretary Bikram Sen.

The ruling came after a PIL was filed by one Tapas Bhanja.

The court has directed all of them to be present on July 27 in person or through an advocate.

The Calcutta HC had banned corporal punishment in the state before Right to Education came into being.

Warden who forced bed wetting girl to drink urine gets bail

 The warden of Karabi Girls' hostel at the Viswa Bharati University who forced a minor girl to drink urine for bed wetting  has been granted bail by a Bolpur court today.


 The parents of the girl who were also arrested on a counter complaint of trespass lodged by the university authorities have also been granted bail.


 The warden Uma Poddar was arrested on a complaint by the girl's father. Poddar had told the distraught mother of the student that what she did was a 'treatment to stop a bad habit’.


 The Visva-Bharati authorities had on Sunday formed a four-member committee to look into the matter and submit a report.