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Calcutta High Court orders transfer of graft case involving TMC MLA Tapas Saha to CBI
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered that a school job-for-bribe case, in which Trinamool Congress MLA Tapas Saha is an accused, be transferred to the CBI from the Anti-Corruption Branch…
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No FIR against school jobs scam investigators without nod: HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said that without its permission, no FIR can be registered against officers of the ED and CBI, who are investigating irregularities in recruitment of teaching…
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Calcutta HC upholds husband’s right to seek divorce on ground of mental cruelty
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court has upheld the right of a husband to seek divorce from his wife on ground of mental cruelty if the wife constantly abuses…
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Ram Navami processionists instigated violence in Rishra, Bengal police tell court
Kolkata: Clashes and violence over the Ram Navami procession at Rishra in Hooghly district of West Bengal on April 2 were instigated by the processionists, the state government has informed the Calcutta…
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Calcutta HC denies permission to terminate minor girl’s 28-week pregnancy
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has denied permission to terminate the 28-week pregnancy of a 12-year-old minor girl who conceived after being raped. The mother of the rape victim made an appeal…
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Following HC order, Bengal decides to deploy paramilitary forces in 3 districts
Kolkata: Following the direction of the Calcutta High Court, the West Bengal government on Wednesday decided to deploy paramilitary forces in three districts of Hooghly, Barrackpore and Kolkata during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations,…
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Hanuman Jayanti: Calcutta HC asks Bengal govt to mull deploying central forces
Kolkata: In the wake of the violence in Rishra in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday advised the state government to consider deploying central…
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CBI registers preliminary enquiry into ‘forced religious conversion’ in Malda
New Delhi: The CBI has initiated a preliminary enquiry into an alleged case of forced conversion in West Bengal’s Malda district on the direction from the Calcutta High Court last year, officials…
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Teachers’ scam: CBI files fresh FIR against anonymous beneficiaries
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a fresh FIR in West Bengal’s multi-crore recruitment scam of teaching and non-teaching staff against anonymous beneficiaries of the proceeds of the scam.…
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Contempt petition: Cal HC asks SSC chief to be personally present on March 24
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the chairman of the West Bengal School Service Commission to be personally present before it on March 24 in connection with contempt petitions moved…
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PIL seeking 100 pc govt job reservation for locals in Andamans to be heard on Monday
Port Blair: A PIL seeking 100 percent government job reservation for the local people in Andaman and Nicobar Islands will be heard on Monday at the Calcutta High Court’s circuit bench here.…
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WBSSC scam: Calcutta HC orders termination of 842 Group C staff
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered termination of services of 842 non-teaching staff in the Group C category who were allegedly provided appointments illegally against the monetary considerations in different…
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Cattle scam: Calcutta HC clears decks for ED to take Anubrata Mondal to Delhi
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Saturday cleared the decks for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal to Delhi in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam…
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Teachers’ scam: Manik Bhattacharya challenges Calcutta HC order on property confiscation
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress legislator and the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE)’s former President Manik Bhattacharya on Wednesday challenged the order of Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench directing Central Bureau of…
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2010 Jnaneswari Express derailment: Calcutta HC grants bail to 11 accused Maoists
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday granted bail to 11 Maoists accused in the 2010 Jnaneswari Express accident, in which as many as 148 persons were killed and 180 were injured.…
