Calcutta High Court
- India
Vacancies for candidates with disabilities open to all categories: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7, said “unreserved” vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging…
- India
SC gives Malda incident probe to NIA, pulls up Bengal chief secretary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 6, exercised its plenary power to transfer cases related to gherao and attack on seven judicial officers engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise…
- Kolkata
No dispute now: Ex-Calcutta HC judge after name appears on SIR list
Justice Sahidullah Munshi, a retired Calcutta High Court judge, clarified on Saturday, March 28, that his name, along with his wife and son, has now appeared in the second supplementary Special Intensive…
- India
Ex-Calcutta HC judge to move tribunal after name deleted from Bengal voter list
Kolkata: After the first supplementary list of “under adjudication” voters was published on Monday, March 23, Calcutta High Court’s retired judge and West Bengal Waqf Board chairperson Shahidullah Munshi claimed that his…
- India
Bengal SIR: Judicial adjudication of ‘logical discrepancy’ cases begins today
Kolkata: The adjudication of voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category by the judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme Court last week, will start from Monday. The process is expected…
- India
Extraordinary decision: SC orders deployment of judicial officers for Bengal SIR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, February 20, directed the Calcutta High Court to assign judicial officers to help complete the Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal, calling it an “extraordinary…
- India
Is court going to monitor every murder: SC on BJP workers’ death
New Delhi: Is this court going to monitor every murder or violent incident happening in West Bengal, the Supreme Court asked on Tuesday, February 17, while hearing a plea concerning the alleged…
- India
I-PAC raids: HC says no to BJP holding demonstration at Secretariat
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, January 15, refused permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hold a demonstration in front of West Bengal state Secretariat Nabanna, which houses the…
- India
I-PAC raids: SC to hear ED plea accusing Mamata’s interference
Kolkata/New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Thursday, January 15, a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference and obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by…
- India
SC transfers RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case to Calcutta HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the RG Kar Medical College trainee doctor rape and murder case to the Calcutta High Court to monitor the implementation of its orders. A…
- India
HC to hear PIL on suspended TMC MLA’s Babri-modeled mosque plan
Kolkata: A PIL seeking a stay on suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s plan to lay the foundation stone for building a mosque modelled on the Babri Masjid, in Murshidabad district on December…
- India
Calcutta HC disqualifies Mukul Roy as member of WB Assembly
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disqualified senior leader Mukul Roy as member of the West Bengal Assembly under the anti-defection law for switching over to the ruling TMC, after having…
- India
Calcutta HC orders repatriation of Bengali family deported to Bangladesh
The Calcutta High Court on Friday, September 26, struck down the deportation of a family from Bengal to Bangladesh and ordered its repatriation. The court observed that the authorities deported the family…
- India
School jobs case: HC grants bail to former West Bengal minister
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with the teacher recruitment irregularities case. The bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh directed Chatterjee…
- India
Calcutta HC dismisses plea over Gopal Patha’s wrongful depiction in ‘The Bengal Files’
The Calcutta High Court on Monday, September 8, dismissed a petition filed by Shantanu Mukherjee, challenging the alleged despicable portrayal of his late grandfather, ‘Gopal Chandra Mukherjee alias ‘Gopal Patha’ in Vivek…