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 announced that all Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed since 2021 will no longer be heard by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam’s bench, but by Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De. Additionally, appeals regarding police actions will be handled by Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, aiming to enhance efficiency.
The Calcutta High Court will hear a critical case on April 28, 2025, regarding the job termination of approximately 32,000 primary school teachers in West Bengal, whose appointments were canceled by a single judge due to insufficient training. Previous divisions have reassigned the case after varied court responses to its urgency.
