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WB: HC seeks affidavit from govt on PIL alleging MGNREGA irregularities
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday sought an affidavit from the West Bengal government in connection with a PIL filed by the leader of opposition in West Bengal…
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WBSSC scam: Calcutta HC upholds order on fresh CBI probe
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Thursday upheld an earlier order of a single-judge bench of the same court for a separate CBI probe to identify the masterminds who…
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Court cases exhausting the state exchequer of Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: At a time when the West Bengal government is saddled with too many court cases filed against it, both in Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has…
- Kolkata
Calcutta HC orders fresh CBI probe into illegal appointment of teachers
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a fresh CBI probe to identify the masterminds who were trying to influence the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to protect the interests…
- Kolkata
Student’s unnatural death: IIT-KGP, police submit reports before Calcutta HC
Kolkata: Authorities at IIT-Kharagpur on Tuesday filed a report before the Calcutta High Court giving details of the steps taken by the institute’s management and wardens to prevent ragging in its hostel.…
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Calcutta HC seeks ATR from Bengal govt on use of beacons
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought an action taken report (ATR) from the West Bengal government on the indiscriminate use of red and blue beacons atop cars in the state.…
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Calcutta HC reconstitutes SIT of CBI probing teachers recruitment scam
Kolkata: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the reconstitution of the special investigation team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment irregularities…
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Calcutta HC imposes penalty on advocate for filing groundless PIL on Sourav Ganguly
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday imposed a penalty on an advocate of the same court for filing a groundless public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the removal of…
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CBI needs more manpower to probe Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that the CBI’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal, needs additional manpower for a speedy and judicious…
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Calcutta HC to decide fate of LET militant on death row on Monday
Kolkata: All eyes will be on Calcutta High Court’s division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay, which will pronounce its verdict on the death sentence awarded to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET)…
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School fee disputes virtually resolved’, Calcutta HC disposes of petitions
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday disposed of a bunch of petitions involving parents of students and 145 schools with regard to fees for online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic, as…
- India
Current CJI has been able to restore public confidence in judicial system: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday was all praise for the current Chief Justice of India, U.U. Lalit, and said that he has been able to restore the public…
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SC affirms HC’s quashing of Calcutta University VC re-appointment
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the Calcutta High Court judgment quashing the re-appointment of Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee as Vice Chancellor of the Calcutta University. Banerjee was re-appointed by the…
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‘Hurt Hindu sentiments’: Calcutta HC directs police to submit report on controversial poem
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Detective Department, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, to submit a comprehensive report on an investigation into a complaint against poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay…
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BJP rally to Nabanna: HC asks Bengal govt to refrain from unnecessary arrests
Kolkata: A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to refrain from further unnecessary arrests and harassments of any individual in connection with the BJP’s march…
