The Calcutta High Court cancelled the death sentence of three people accused of a gruesome murder, saying the evidence was not strong enough. The accused have now been fully acquitted.
The Supreme Court paused contempt proceedings launched by the Calcutta High Court against West Bengal police officers over the 2019 Howrah court clash. The delay of five years in initiating action raised serious legal questions.
The Calcutta High Court dismissed a Section 498A IPC case accusing a husband of cruelty, filed three years after the wife had left the matrimonial home. Justice Shampa (Dutt) Paul emphasized legal principles surrounding matrimonial disputes and noted the potential misuse of legal provisions in such cases.
The Calcutta High Court Today (Oct 7) refused to take up for hearing at present a PIL seeking that a sit-in by junior doctors at Esplanade be shifted to a side of the thoroughfare, on the claim that its present position was affecting movement of traffic. The agitating medics in West Bengal are holding a fast-unto-death at the spot in the heart of the city since Saturday, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a woman doctor of R G Kar hospital and workplace safety.
The Calcutta High Court Today (Aug 28) directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) to complete the appointment process for 14,052 candidates as assistant teachers in state government-sponsored and -aided upper primary schools within 12 weeks.
The Union Home Ministry Yesterday (June 18th) informed the Calcutta High Court that it has no reservation if the deployment of central forces in West Bengal is extended if the situation demands in the light of allegations of post-poll violence in the state.
The Calcutta High Court Today (May 24th) slammed the West Bengal Police for its recent raid at the premises of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Leader Suvendu Adhikari and asked whether the police would have acted in similar fashion against any ruling party leader in the state.
The Calcutta High Court upheld the West Bengal government decision to discontinue monthly pension for dependents or legal heirs of the ‘political sufferers’ of post independence period under the pension scheme meant for ‘freedom fighters’.
