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The Calcutta High Court has declined an urgent hearing on a plea seeking immediate judicial intervention to restore law and order at Jadavpur University amid the ongoing unrest on the campus.

The development comes amid clashes at Jadavpur University between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and students belonging to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (FETSU) during its ongoing annual general meeting. The rival groups have levelled allegations against each other in connection with the unrest on campus.

The plea was mentioned before a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee, with the lawyer seeking the Court's urgent intervention in view of the prevailing situation at the University.

The lawyer also sought to tag the matter with an existing case concerning Jadavpur University pending before the High Court.

The Court, however, declined to hear the matter urgently and also refused the request to tag the issue with the pending proceedings. The Bench instead asked the lawyer to file a separate case concerning the latest developments at the University.

During the hearing, the lawyer also showed the Court video clips purportedly depicting a fire on the University campus and submitted that the situation required immediate judicial intervention.

The latest developments come against the backdrop of earlier proceedings before the Calcutta High Court concerning law and order and security at Jadavpur University, after a first-year student had earlier committed suicide amid allegations of ragging.

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