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TTEs sell empty berths like vegetables in market: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: Holding that a section of the travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) sell unoccupied berths in trains like “vegetables in a market”, the Calcutta High Court asked the general managers of all railway…
- Kolkata
Religious freedom no excuse to hurt others’ faith: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: A person has the right to profess his religion, but that cannot be construed as permission to hurt others’ faith, the Calcutta High Court has observed while setting aside a man’s…
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HC refuses interim order on Bengal Assembly Speaker’s decision
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, refused any interim order on the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to appoint breakaway TMC group MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the…
- Kolkata
No relief to Mamata Banerjee from Calcutta HC in Bengal LoP row
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, refused any interim order on the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to appoint breakaway Trinamool Congress (TMC) group MLA Ritabrata Banerjee…
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Signature forgery: Abhishek reaches CID HQ for questioning
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday, June 11, appeared before the West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) to face questions in the signature forgery case over the party’s…
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Abhishek Banerjee granted interim relief from coercive action
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday, June 11, in the alleged forged signatures of newly…
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TMC to move Calcutta HC against recognition of Ritabrata as LoP
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will move the Calcutta High Court on Monday, June 8, challenging the West Bengal Assembly Speaker’s decision to recognise rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of…
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BJP-ruled states reinforce ban on cow slaughter ahead of Bakrid
With Bakrid fast approaching, several Bharatiya Janata Party- ruled states have reinforced bans on the slaughter of cattle, including cows, calves, buffaloes, camels, and other protected animals. The West Bengal government, on…
- Kolkata
Bakrid: Calcutta HC reserves order on Bengal cattle slaughter restrictions
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, May 21, reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging a West Bengal government notification that restricts cattle slaughter ahead of Eid ul-Adha, with the…
- Kolkata
Bengal polls: SC rejects TMC plea on EC counting personnel rule
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday said no further order was necessary on the TMC’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s dismissal of its petition against an Election Commission circular on…
- India
SC gives Centre final chance to clarify its stance on Bangladesh deportation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 24, granted the last opportunity to the Centre to apprise about its stand on a plea seeking to bring back some people who were…
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Calcutta HC stays EC order on action against ‘troublemakers,’ TMC says 500 held
Kolkata: A day before Assembly election in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, April 22, stayed an order of an Election Commission-appointed police observer who termed several citizens “troublemakers” and directed…
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SC seeks Calcutta HC report on Bengal voter tribunals not functioning properly
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 20, said it will seek a report from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on the functioning of appellate tribunals set up to…
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SC refuses to entertain plea against deletion of names from Bengal voter list
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, declined to entertain a plea by a group of 13 people seeking its intervention in the deletion of their names from the voter…
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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…
