Access to the mosque inside Kolkata airport has been restricted since July 11, 2026, and the Calcutta High Court is yet to say whether Bankra Mosque prayers can resume while the petition is pending. Kolkata: On the question of Bankra Mosque prayers, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday heard the Airports Authority of India (AAI) […]
A kidney transplant from a driver’s wife to her husband’s employer was refused over a licence date. The Calcutta High Court has set that refusal aside, holding that a non-relative donation motivated by affection is permitted. Kolkata: Quashing the rejection of a proposed kidney transplant from a driver’s wife to the employer who suffers from […]
A couple who had raised a child from days after his premature birth, under a notarised adoption deed, lost his custody when they approached the Child Welfare Committee to regularise the adoption for school admission. The Calcutta High Court held that the CWC has no jurisdiction over a child who is neither an orphan nor abandoned nor in need of care and protection, and directed the child returned to the couple, subject to their obtaining a proper court declaration and quarterly welfare monitoring.
The West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services had directed the All India Trinamool Congress to vacate two floors of its Camac Street office in Kolkata over fire-safety lapses. The Calcutta High Court set the order aside, finding that the authority passed it a day after the party’s reply without considering that reply, without a fresh inspection, and without even serving the order on the party. It ordered fresh consideration.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused interim relief against the West Bengal Assembly Speaker’s decision to recognise expelled TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition. Justice Krishna Rao heard Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay’s plea challenging the appointment, citing party recommendation issues.
The Calcutta High Court is examining the legality of recognising rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly. Hearing Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay’s challenge, the Court directed that the Speaker’s recognition order be placed on record and scheduled further hearing for June 16.