Changed circumstances: that is the reason the CBI gave the Supreme Court as it withdrew its pleas to move the trials of the 2021 West Bengal post-poll violence cases out of the State. New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that circumstances […]
The West Bengal government has constituted a Chorbagan stampede SIT of six members under retired Justice Anindita Roy Saraswati, in consultation with the Calcutta High Court, with a three-month deadline to report on the October 17 tragedy. Kolkata: The West Bengal government has constituted a six-member Special Investigation Team headed by retired Justice Anindita Roy […]
Not a sitting judge, the Chief Justice said: the Calcutta High Court has told the West Bengal government to name a retired High Court judge of its choice to head the Chorbagan stampede inquiry into the deaths of 19 people at the pandal. Kolkata: Turning down the State’s request for a sitting judge, the Calcutta […]
The Supreme Court has held that Fees For Entire Professional Course must be notified before admission, so that students know their financial liability at the threshold, and that variation during the course is permissible only in exceptional cases. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that authorities must fix and notify the fee for an […]
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed the appeal of the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) over a denied stall at the Kolkata Book Fair, holding that the organising Guild does not perform a public function. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an intra-court appeal by the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights […]
A police notice asked the bank to hold Rs 2,253. The bank froze everything. Axis Bank must now unfreeze entire account of a small businessman, the Calcutta High Court has directed, calling the freeze unjustified. Kolkata: Ordering Axis Bank to immediately unfreeze the entire account of a small retail businessman, the Calcutta High Court has […]
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 […]