Calcutta High Court Allows Lawyers To Appear Before Senior Citizens' Tribunal, Lifts Embargo U/S 17 Senior Citizens ActCase: KRIPAL SINGH KHURANA VS STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORSCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 322The Calcutta High Court has declared Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, ultra vires Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961, thereby...
Case: KRIPAL SINGH KHURANA VS STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 322
The Calcutta High Court has declared Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, ultra vires Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961, thereby lifting the embargo on advocates appearing before Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals constituted under the Senior Citizens Act.
Case: Md Iqbal v State Of West Bengal
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 323
The Calcutta High Court on Monday permitted Jamiat-e-Ulama to hold a protest rally in Kolkata against the removal of loudspeakers from mosques.
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya allowed the rally to be held from Rajabazar to Moulali on August 11, between 11:30 AM and 1 PM. The Court, however, capped the number of participants at 750.
Case: The Member-Secretary, State Legal Service Authority, West Bengal & Anr. Vs. Achiya Bibi @ Achiya Sardar & Others
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 324
The Calcutta High Court has held that an adult victim receiving compensation under the West Bengal Victim Compensation Scheme has the right to decide how to utilise the amount and that the State Legal Services Authority cannot arbitrarily impose restrictions on its use. The Court accordingly dismissed appeals challenging a Single Judge's order which had set aside directions requiring victims of human trafficking and sexual offences to deposit 75% of their compensation in a bank for 10 years.
Title: Ashley Brian Hyams vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 325
The Calcutta High Court has declared the real estate project “Aqua Golf Villa” at Rajarhat in North 24 Parganas as illegal and unauthorised, and directed the Zilla Parishad, North 24 Parganas, to take steps for its demolition within four weeks.
West Bengal Medical Education Service Members Cannot Claim Voluntary Retirement: Calcutta High Court
Case: Dr. Sanjoy Bhattacharya Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 326
The Calcutta High Court has held that members of the West Bengal Medical Education Services are not entitled to seek voluntary retirement under the West Bengal Service Rules (WBSR), as Rule 75(aaaa) expressly bars such a facility.
Case: Asmita Poddar @ Payel Poddar Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 327
The Calcutta High Court has set aside a Child Welfare Committee (CWC) order declaring the biological parents of a child “incapacitated” to take custody and directing that the child be declared legally free for adoption, holding that the Committee had failed to conduct the mandatory inquiry under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
Case: Hasibur Rahaman Mondal & Ors. v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 328
The Calcutta High Court has held that candidates who applied for NEET-UG 2026 under the General Unreserved or OBC-NCL category cannot subsequently claim reservation under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category after the declaration of results and commencement of counselling.