The Calcutta High Court quashed criminal proceedings, including under the SC/ST Act, against a husband and in-laws in a wife’s cruelty case, holding there was no material that the complainant was abused in public view and that the allegations were vague and omnibus.
The Calcutta High Court has held that Panchayat Samitis have exclusive authority to lease ferry ghats vested in them and that a cooperative society of boatmen has no automatic right to a direct settlement, setting aside an interim order that had stalled an e-auction in Murshidabad. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday held that […]
The Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench at Port Blair has dismissed a contempt petition against a Joint Civil Judge, holding that contempt is not a substitute for an appeal or revision and that a litigant has no licence to make reckless allegations against a judicial officer’s personal integrity. Port Blair: The Calcutta High Court on […]
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya of the Calcutta High Court has directed the Officer-in-Charge of Muchipara Police Station not to permit Sarad Sangha club to organise Durga Puja at the common area of a G+3 residential building at 133A Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata, without permission of the Flat Owners Association or individual flat owners, on a petition by five flat owners.
The Calcutta High Court has set aside a Special Court’s acceptance of a ‘Nil/No clue’ police report in an SC/ST Act case over alleged casteist Facebook posts, holding that ‘public view’ extends to the digital domain and ordering further investigation by specialised cyber-forensic personnel under DCP supervision.
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya of the Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition by Tumpa Biswas alias Tumpa Roy questioning Bongaon Police Station FIR No. 703/2026, filed on an advocate’s complaint alleging fraudulent procurement and use of a Scheduled Caste certificate, holding there is no express bar on such a complaint, leaving her to seek pre-arrest bail if she fears arrest.
Retired Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Indrajit Chatterjee, who presides over the SIR appellate tribunal for Murshidabad, has offered to resign with effect from November 2, citing a 70-km daily commute between Salt Lake and the tribunal at Joka amid poor roads and heavy traffic. Lakhs of appeals are pending before the West Bengal tribunals.
The Calcutta High Court has declined to grant interim permission to pilgrims to offer prayers at the 136-year-old Bankra Mosque inside the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport complex, after the authorities raised national security concerns, and has listed the petition for further hearing on October 7.
