A woman secured an accelerated mutual-consent divorce after undertaking before the Family Court to withdraw a pending Section 498A case against her former husband, then refused to do so. The Calcutta High Court quashed the proceedings under Section 482, holding that with the marriage dissolved, all claims settled and the complainant remarried, continuing the trial served no public interest and was a manifest abuse of process.
The Customs department argued that an importer whose goods were held to be ‘prohibited’ should have appealed rather than approached the High Court. The Calcutta High Court held the writ maintainable, observing that where a statutory authority steps outside objective law into subjective morality and affects the fundamental right to trade, the court will not turn the litigant away. It expressed no view on the merits.
The Calcutta High Court permitted the Trinamool Congress to hold a meeting led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee instead of a proposed rally, capping attendance at 2,000 and imposing conditions, after weighing the right to hold political programmes against traffic and public-inconvenience concerns. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has permitted the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to […]
The Calcutta High Court granted Abhishek Banerjee interim protection till November 30 in a medical-negligence case and warned it may restrain fresh FIRs against him without the Court’s prior leave. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted interim protection to Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, directing that no coercive steps be taken against him […]
The Calcutta High Court declined to let the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC operate four more frozen bank accounts, holding its July 9 Special Officer arrangement, upheld by the Supreme Court, already protects the party. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday declined to pass any further interim order permitting the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress to operate […]