Supreme Court questions IIT Kharagpur over student suicides

The Supreme Court today questioned IIT Kharagpur about what it was doing to prevent student suicides.

"Why are students committing suicide? Have you given a thought to it," a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Mahadevan asked today.

The supreme court was hearing a sup motu case registered over the recent student suicides at IIT Kharagpur and Sharda University.

The counsel for IIT KGP informed the bench that 10-member committee has been constituted and there was a counselling center in place for identifying students facing mental health problems.

Court was further told today that first information reports (FIRs) were lodged in connection with the incidents at IIT KGP and Sharda University. Hearing this the bench said that it will not make any further observations and posted the issue for further hearing after four weeks.

Hearing Date: July 28, 2025

Bench: Justices JB Pardiwala and Mahadevan