Case: Md Akhtar v State of West Bengal
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 414
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal to expeditiously consider an appeal filed by Hajj pilgrims whose names were deleted from the electoral roll, after they approached the Court seeking relief to enable them to obtain passports and visas for their pilgrimage.
Case: West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee v ECI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 415
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea filed by the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee challenging alleged discrepancies in the election affidavit of Bharatiya Janata Party's Nandigram bypoll candidate Hasirani Rath.
Case: ISF v ECI
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 416
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea filed by the Indian Secular Front (ISF) challenging the allotment of the “Envelope” election symbol to the Ritabrata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Democratic (TMC-D) for the upcoming Nandigram Assembly by-election.
Case: SRI KALLOL KANTI SAHA AND OTHERS VS. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS
Citation: 2026 LIveLaw (Cal) 417
The Calcutta High Court has directed the police not to permit a club to organise Durga Puja at the common area of a G+3 residential building in Kolkata in the absence of permission from the Flat Owners Association or individual flat owners.
Case: TUMPA BISWAS ALIAS TUMPA ROY VS. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 418
The Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere with an FIR alleging fraudulent procurement and use of a Scheduled Caste certificate, holding that there was no express statutory bar on lodging a police complaint in such a case.
Case: Jhantu Sarkar - Versus - The Union of India & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 419
The Calcutta High Court has flagged that the recruitment medical guidelines prescribe healing periods for certain disabilities but are silent on the healing period for a superficial burn caused by removal of a tattoo, directing an independent Medical Board at AIIMS Kalyani to examine a BSF recruitment candidate on the issue.
Calcutta High Court Upholds Removal Of Govt Bank Officer Accused Of Diverting ₹40 Lakh From Account
Case: Sudip Mandal Vs. Bangiya Gramin Vikas Bank And Others
Citatiob: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 420
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the removal from service of an officer of Bangiya Gramin Vikas Bank who was found guilty in a departmental proceeding of diverting ₹40 lakh from a bank account, holding that the officer failed to establish that the disciplinary proceedings were conducted in wilful violation of an earlier court order.
Case: In Re: The Court in its own motion
Citatiob: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 421
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Inspector General of Correctional Services, West Bengal, to expeditiously disburse compensation to the heirs and legal representatives of inmates who died unnatural deaths in correctional homes, based on the data collected by the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA).
Case: Soma Das And Another Vs. The Manager, Magma HDI General Insurance Company Limited And Another
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 422
The Calcutta High Court has enhanced the compensation payable to the parents of a five-and-a-half-year-old girl who died in a road accident in 2014 from ₹3.49 lakh to ₹5 lakh, holding that the amended Second Schedule to the Motor Vehicles Act, which prescribed ₹5 lakh as compensation for death, applied to the pending claim.
Case: Gobinda Chandra Debnath Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 423
Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee held that the State is vicariously liable for medical negligence resulting in loss of eyesight in government hospitals, and compensation can be awarded under Article 226 for violation of the right to life under Article 21.
Case: SRI SAYAN MONDAL -VS- THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 424
The Calcutta High Court has set aside a “Nil/No clue” final report in a case concerning alleged casteist abuse of a Scheduled Caste complainant through Facebook, directing further investigation through specialised cyber-forensic channels.
Case: Shreyasi Dhang v State of WB
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 425
The Calcutta High Court has held that OBC certificates issued on the basis of the West Bengal Government's notifications issued in May-June 2025 were void ab initio, after finding that the notifications themselves lacked legal authority.
Case: Shri Erotu Kurma Rao Vs. Union Of India And Othors
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 426
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Amrita Sinha and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury held that procedural requirements for disclosure of prior job applications should be interpreted liberally, and non-disclosure by a newly appointed employee unaware of such obligations does not bar entitlement to a beneficial welfare scheme (Old Pension Scheme).