No 'Right To Visibility' Exists On Private AI Platforms: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Direct ChatGPT To Display IndiaMart LinksCase: Indiamart Inter Mesh Limited v. Open AI Inc. and Others Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 245The Calcutta High Court has dismissed IndiaMart's plea seeking interim directions against OpenAI, holding that a private business cannot compel ChatGPT to display...
Case: Indiamart Inter Mesh Limited v. Open AI Inc. and Others
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 245
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed IndiaMart's plea seeking interim directions against OpenAI, holding that a private business cannot compel ChatGPT to display or prioritize its website links in AI-generated responses. The Court observed that there is no legal right entitling one private entity to have its business promoted on another private platform and that any such direction would amount to dictating how ChatGPT should operate.
Case : ABHISHEK BANERJEE VS THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 246
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in a case alleging forgery of signatures of newly-elected TMC MLAs in a resolution relating to the appointment of the Leader of Opposition after the Assembly elections.
Case: Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Saanvi Samanta & Anr. and connected matters.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 247
The Calcutta High Court has enhanced compensation awarded for the death of a homemaker in a motor accident case, underscoring that the contribution of a wife and mother to her family is “invaluable” and cannot be measured merely in monetary terms.
Case: Mukesh Kumar Pandey v. Union of India & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 248
The Calcutta High Court has reinstated a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) constable whose services were terminated after authorities revisited and enhanced a punishment earlier imposed for suppression of a pending criminal case at the time of recruitment.
Case: Tara Sharma & Ors. v. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr.,
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 249
The Calcutta High Court has enhanced compensation awarded to the family of a deceased motor accident victim, holding that in the absence of conclusive evidence regarding age, courts and tribunals must rely on the age recorded in the post-mortem report rather than presumptions drawn from the fact that the deceased was receiving pension.
Case Name : Gitesh Das Mahapatra Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 250
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Madhuresh Prasad and Justice Prasenjit Biswas held that the dismissal of a prior proceeding as infructuous due to a defective charge memo does not bar the disciplinary authority from issuing a fresh, proper charge memo as Order 23 Rule 1 CPC does not apply.
Case: SOBHANDEB CHATTOPADHYAY VS HON'BLE SPEAKER , WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND OTHERS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 251
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief to senior Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in his challenge to the appointment of a rival faction leader, Ritabrata Banerjee, as the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, holding that no prima facie case had been made out for an injunction. (2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 251)
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 252
The Calcutta High Court on Friday disposed of a petition challenging the West Bengal Government's notification calling upon government employees to participate in the International Yoga Day event to be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kolkata's Red Road, after the State clarified that participation was purely voluntary and that no coercive or punitive action would be taken against employees who chose not to attend.
Case Title: Dr. Arjun Chowdhury v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 253
The Calcutta High Court has held that a partnership firm constituted exclusively for carrying on the legal profession cannot be compelled to produce a trade licence as a precondition for registration under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, observing that such a requirement finds no place in the statutory scheme governing registration of partnership firms.
Case: ANIL KUMAR GUPTA v THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 254
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of a man for rape, holding that a subsequent promise to marry after an initial act of forcible sexual assault cannot absolve the accused of criminal liability. The Court observed that while the parties later entered into a physical relationship on the accused's repeated assurances of marriage, the initial act was without the victim's consent and the subsequent false promises only prolonged her exploitation.
Case Title: Puja Hari v. State of West Bengal & Anr.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 255
The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order attaching properties belonging to a woman who was not even named as an accused in a criminal case, while issuing significant guidelines on the exercise of powers under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
Case Title: Dr. Sreeparna Ghosh v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 256
The Calcutta High Court has directed Haldia Institute of Dental Sciences and Research (HIDSAR) to refund ₹9.5 lakh to a postgraduate dental student and return all her original certificates, holding that the institution could not withhold educational documents or deny fee refund after the student withdrew from the course within the period stipulated under the UGC Fee Refund Policy.
Case Title: Rabishankar Das v. State of West Bengal & Ors. with Nabendu Mahali v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 257
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal Government's decision dissolving the Board of Councillors of the Purulia Municipality, holding that the action was vitiated by violation of the principles of natural justice as the State relied upon a District Magistrate's inquiry report without supplying it to the elected councillors.