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High Court in West Bengal, India
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The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located at Esplanade Row West, Kolkata, West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court building's design is somewhat based on the Lakenhal in Ypres in Flanders, Belgium.
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'Dirty game being played': Mamata tries to woo sacked Bengal teachers as BJP piles pressure over school jobs caseWest Bengal's political arena is ablaze once more as BJP and TMC clash over the school jobs case, impacting 25,753 teachers. The Calcutta High Court's annulment of appointments due to fraud has..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Consumer forums can issue detention orders, not arrest warrants: Calcutta HCCalcutta High Court clarified that consumer forums cannot issue arrest warrants like a criminal court, but can only order civil detention to enforce judgments. This arose from a case where an arrest..IndiaTimes - Published | |
HC allows 2 rallies in Howrah, with a rider: 'Must be peaceful'Calcutta HC has permitted VHP and Anjani Putra Sena to hold peaceful Ram Navami rallies in Howrah, with strict rules prohibiting weapons. Participants must submit identification documents and follow..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Supreme Court quashes 'tainted' selection of 25,752 Bengal school staffSupreme Court has affirmed Calcutta High Court's decision to cancel the 2016 recruitment of more than 25,700 teachers and non-teaching staff in West Bengal. The process was found to be tainted with..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Setback for Mamata government: SC upholds Calcutta HC order to cancel recruitment of 25,000 teachers, non-teaching staff in government schoolsIndiaTimes - Published | |
'Calcutta HC can't be dumping ground': Lawyers strike over Delhi judge shiftLawyers at Calcutta High Court boycotted court proceedings on Tuesday, protesting the transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma from Delhi HC. The lawyers expressed discontent with the SC collegium's..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Will conduct fresh OBC survey, Bengal informs Supreme CourtThe West Bengal government informed the Supreme Court about conducting a fresh assessment of community backwardness for OBC categorization and reservation, aiming to complete it within three months...IndiaTimes - Published | |
Kolkata RG Kar hospital rape-murder victim's kin can pursue plea for further CBI probe: SCThe Supreme Court has allowed the parents of the RG Kar hospital rape-murder victim to seek a further CBI investigation through the Calcutta High Court. Though the accused has been sentenced to life..IndiaTimes - Published | |
RG Kar rape-murder case: SC allows parents of victim to pursue CBI probe plea in Calcutta HCIndiaTimes - Published | |
Return Rs 332 crore to Rose Valley scam victims in Odisha: CourtA PMLA court in Bhubaneswar has ordered the reimbursement of Rs 332 crore to victims of the Rose Valley chit fund scam in Odisha. The Enforcement Directorate had previously attached the group's assets,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
President appoints Justice Bagchi to Supreme CourtJustice Joymalya Bagchi of Calcutta High Court has been appointed to the Supreme Court by the President. He is scheduled to become the Chief Justice of India on May 26, 2031. Justice Bagchi is the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Collegium picks Calcutta HC judge for SC postThe Supreme Court collegium recommended Justice Joymalya Bagchi of Calcutta HC for appointment to the SC, filling one of the two vacancies. If approved, he will join Justice Dipankar Datta from..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Your fight not a good example, bury hatchet, Calcutta HC tells Mamata, governorCalcutta HC has suggested that Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose and CM Mamata Banerjee discuss their differences informally to prevent their legal conflict from setting a poor example for the public. The..IndiaTimes - Published | Minority schools to enjoy status, won't need state commission certificates: Calcutta HCIndiaTimes - Published |
Amid West Bengal campus unrest, Calcutta HC says don't want Bangladesh rerunIndiscipline at Jadavpur University must not spread across Bengal campuses, warns Calcutta High Court. The court ordered the registration of an FIR based on a student's complaint after education..IndiaTimes - Published | ICC can't junk cases without hearing complainant: HCCalcutta HC mandates a reinvestigation of a six-year-old sexual harassment complaint at Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women, insisting that the internal complaints committee must hear the..IndiaTimes - Published |
Be careful in criminal cases tied to matrimonial disputes: Calcutta HCCalcutta HC warns courts to exercise caution in matrimonial disputes, quashing FIRs against two women accused of dowry harassment by their sister-in-law. The court noted the allegations were general..IndiaTimes - Published | Calcutta HC orders fresh trial of 10 cases tied to Nandigram agitationCalcutta high court has ordered a fresh trial for 10 criminal cases, including murders, lodged during the Left Front tenure. The court dismissed the state plea for withdrawal, emphasizing that allowing..IndiaTimes - Published |
Graft hits trust in state affairs: Calcutta HC on RG Kar caseIndiaTimes - Published | Calcutta HC rejects Bengal governmentās plea against life term for RG Kar convict, admits CBIās appealThe Calcutta high court has admitted the CBI's appeal against the trial court's decision to sentence Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment without parole in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital..IndiaTimes - Published |
Why weren't banned IV fluid stocks withdrawn, Calcutta HC asks Bengal governmentCalcutta high court questioned Bengal health department for not withdrawing Ringer's lactate intravenous fluid stocks from Paschim Banga Pharmaceutical after a stop-manufacture order due to the death..IndiaTimes - Published | Provide police cover to Sandeshkhali gang-rape survivor: Calcutta HC to Bengal governmentCalcutta HC directed police to provide security to a 2024 gang rape survivor, criticizing delays in the accused's arrest and threats faced by the victim. Security will include two constables, one..IndiaTimes - Published |
Court 'sermons' on divorce cases draw Calcutta HC ireCalcutta High Court disapproves of trial courts giving unsolicited advice in divorce cases, stating that only the involved couple can judge their ability to reconcile. In a recent case, a trial court..IndiaTimes - Published | In-laws living in man's home sans his nod cruelty: HCCalcutta High Court granted a man divorce, citing cruelty, as his wife's family and friends stayed at his house against his will. The couple, married in 2005, lived in Kolaghat before the wife moved to..IndiaTimes - Published |
Can't give reservation based on religion: SCThe Supreme Court is hearing the Bengal government's challenge against a Calcutta High Court decision quashing OBC status for 77 communities, mainly Muslim. The state argued the reservation was based..IndiaTimes - Published | SC supersedes Calcatta HC on CBI probe, forms SIT: 'Giving probes routinely to investigating agency burdens it, saps police morale'The Supreme Court formed a three-member SIT to investigate allegations of custodial torture of two women arrested for protesting against the R G Kar hospital rape-murder and allegedly threatening an..IndiaTimes - Published |
Calcutta HC asks West Bengal cops to 'take over' mosque after 1 killed in clashesIndiaTimes - Published | Freedom of expression is not licence to abuse, says HC, but shuns gag orderThe Calcutta High Court, while refusing to impose a gag order on a former BJP leader, emphasized that freedom of expression doesn't permit abuse or incite violence. The court, hearing the leader's..IndiaTimes - Published |
'Lady Macbeth of Bengal': Governor CV Ananda Bose to 'socially boycott' Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose announced he will socially boycott Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, refusing to share any stage or attend meetings with her. He expressed disappointment over the..IndiaTimes - Published | SC overturns controversial Calcutta HC ruling asking girls to 'control sexual urges'SC restored the conviction of the man who was acquitted by the high court for raping a minor girl with whom he had a 'romantic affair'.DNA - Published |
Kolkata doctor rape-murderĀ case: Calcutta HC raps West Bengal govt over vandalism at hospital, says, 'failure of...'The court has transferred the investigation into the death of the trainee doctor to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the Kolkata PoliceDNA - Published | Doctor rape-murder case: Kolkata HC transfers probe to CBI, Bengal state healthcare remains in...The direction was passed in the wake of a petition moved by the victim's parents praying for a court-monitored probe and multiple other PILs seeking probe transfer to the CBI.DNA - Published |
Kolkata rape-murder case: HC directs ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College to take leave amid reappointment disputeThe Chief Justice division bench of the Calcutta HC was considering several PILs in the matter on Tuesday. During the hearing, the Chief Justice questioned the appointment of the former principal.DNA - Published | Calcutta HC restrains West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee from making defamatory remarks againstĀ GovernorWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and three others from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor CV Ananda Bose in an interim order till August 14.DNA - Published |
TMC snatched rights of OBCs to facilitate its appeasement politics, 'vote jihad': PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flayed the TMC government in West Bengal for "snatching the rights of OBC youths" to facilitate its appeasement politics and āvote jihadā. Addressing an..IndiaTimes - Published | After Calcutta HC's order, Rajasthan government plans to review 14 Muslim groups on OBC listCampaigning in Lucknow, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma accused INDIA bloc, constituent TMC and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee of "crossing all limits of appeasement and committing a grave sin" by giving..IndiaTimes - Published |
Yogi welcomes Calcutta HC verdict on OBC-Muslim quota, says it was unconstitutionalIndiaTimes - Published | 'Mamata Banerjee's govt taking forward appeasement unconstitutionally': JP Nadda after Calcutta HC order scrapping OBC certificatesIndiaTimes - Published |
Calcutta HC order slap in face of those indulged in vote bank politics: Chhattisgarh CMIndiaTimes - Published | Calcutta HC scraps Bengal OBC listings post-2010 for 'breach of norms'IndiaTimes - Published |
Calcutta HC junks BJP's appeal against order on adsIndiaTimes - Published | Ex-judge moves HC, seeks probe into EC commentsFormer Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay files petition against Election Commission in HC, demanding central agency probe into unwarranted comments. EC criticized him, he claims violation of..IndiaTimes - Published |
'BJP's verdict', won't accept it, says Mamata about HC orderCalcutta HC's order invalidating OBC categorisations in Bengal since 2010 termed 'BJP's verdict' by CM Mamata Banerjee. She vows to appeal in Supreme Court to continue OBC reservation.IndiaTimes - Published | Calcutta HC cancels all OBC certificates issuedĀ sinceĀ 2010, says services of...HC scraps OBC status of several classes in Bengal; benefits obtained already not to be affected (Eds: Adding new third para) Kolkata, May 22 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday struck down the..DNA - Published |
Calcutta HC cancels OBC certificates issued after 2010, Mamata says 'will not accept'The court junked the OBC status of several classes finding such reservations under an Act of 2012 to vacancies in services and posts in the state illegal. Reacting sharply to this, chief minister..IndiaTimes - Published | Calcutta HC slams EC for inaction over 'slanderous' BJP adsIndiaTimes - Published |
Am an RSS member, ready to return to fold: Calcutta HC judgeIn a significant farewell speech, Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash of Calcutta HC revealed his RSS membership after 37 years, expressing willingness to work with the organization again. The resignation of..IndiaTimes - Published | Remarks on Didi ābeyond dignityā, says EC, sends notice to ex-judgeFormer Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay faces show-cause from Election Commission for improper remarks about Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a campaign rally, amid Trinamool Congress's plea for..IndiaTimes - Published |
Sandeshkhali woman moves SC, seeks probe into incidentsA woman from Sandeshkhali has moved the Supreme Court for a court-monitored probe into the recent incidents including sting videos and rape complaints. The petition requested an immediate hearing..IndiaTimes - Published | BJPās Ganguly moves HC over murder-bid caseAbhijit Ganguly, former judge of the Calcutta High Court and BJP candidate for Tamluk, filed a petition in the High Court to dismiss the attempt to murder charge against him. The charge stemmed from a..IndiaTimes - Published |
