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HC directs NIA to file report on clashes in Murshidabad over Ram Navami celebrations
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday instructed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit a report regarding the clashes in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district during Ram Navami celebrations, stating whether the…
- India
Calcutta HC admits plea seeking action against Mamata for ‘anti-judiciary’ remarks
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday admitted a petition filed by CPI-M Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya seeking action against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for…
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HC order on Bengal school jobs ‘illegal’, will challenge it: Mamata
Raiganj: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday termed as “illegal” the Calcutta High Court order cancelling all appointments made through a 2016 teacher recruitment test, and said her government will…
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HC declares null and void recruitment test for WB govt sponsored, aided schools
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday declared as null and void the recruitment process of State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools, ordering cancellation of all…
- Kolkata
Sandeshkhali: Cal HC orders CBI probe into alleged crimes against women, land grabbing
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI investigation into allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, which had witnessed protests over the issues. Stating…
- Kolkata
Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into death of BJP activist
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the central government to hand over to NIA the investigation into the death of a BJP activist in violence before the 2023 panchayat elections…
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Snubbed by HC, WB police withdraw supplementary charge sheet against Shahjahan
Kolkata: Snubbed by the Calcutta High Court, West Bengal Police have withdrawn a supplementary charge sheet in a past murder case against suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan. He is the accused…
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HC directs Centre to file affidavit on PIL alleging deactivation of Aadhaar cards
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file an affidavit on a PIL alleging deactivation of Aadhaar cards of people by the authorities concerned. Additional Solicitor General (ASG)…
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Calcutta HC rejects anticipatory bail petition of Sheikh Shahjahan in PDS case
Kolkata: A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail petition of suspended Trinamool Congress leader, Sheikh Shahjahan, in the alleged Public Distribution System (PDS) scam case…
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Calcutta HC accepts ED’s appeal to fast-track hearing on Shahjahan’s CBI custody case
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, admitted the Enforcement Directorate’s petition to fast-track the hearing in the case of immediate handover of Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind…
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Sandeshkhali: WB seeks urgent listing of plea in SC against transfer of probe to CBI
New Delhi: The West Bengal government on Wednesday sought urgent listing of its plea in the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order to transfer to the CBI the probe into…
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CBI, ED can also arrest Shajahan Sheikh apart from state police: Cal HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh, the main accused in sexual atrocities on women and land grabbing at Sandeshkhali, can be arrested by the…
- Kolkata
Shajahan Sheikh to be arrested in 7 days: TMC spokesperson
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Monday said party strongman Shajahan Sheikh, who has been accused of sexual atrocities and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, will be arrested in…
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BJP moves Calcutta HC for permission to hold protest on Sandeshkhali issue
Kolkata: After being denied the permission by Kolkata Police to hold sit-in from February 27 against the alleged sexual harassment and violence against women at Sandeshkhali, the state unit of BJP on…
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Sandeshkhali: Cal HC says no restraint on arrest of Shajahan Sheikh
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday clarified there is no stay on the arrest of Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shajahan, who has been accused of sexual atrocities and a land grab…