Calcutta High Court Acquits Two In Minor's Rape-Murder Case, Says Juvenile Co-Accused's Extra-Judicial Confession Cannot Sustain Conviction

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of two men in a 2014 minor rape and murder case, ruling that the trial court wrongly relied on the alleged extra-judicial confession of a juvenile co-accused to convict them. While finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, the Court also accepted the plea of juvenility raised by one of...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging WB 'Goonda' Law As Premature After State Says Bill Yet To Be Notified As Act

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed as premature a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the West Bengal Goonda Control Bill, after the State submitted that the legislation has not yet been notified and has therefore not come into force.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held that...

Pending PMLA Cases Not Grounds To Automatically Restrict 10-Year Passport Renewal Of Undertrial To One Year: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the mere pendency of criminal proceedings cannot be a ground for passport authorities to automatically restrict the validity of a passport to one year where the competent criminal court has permitted its renewal.Justice Krishna Rao directed the Regional Passport Office to renew the passport of a petitioner facing two pending Prevention of Money Laundering...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment After He Refuses To Appear Before Medical Board

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's plea seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment after he declined the Court's suggestion to appear before a medical board at Kolkata's SSKM Hospital to determine whether the treatment could be provided in India.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya held that the Court, not being a medical expert,...

"Heavens Won't Fall If Vande Mataram Is Sung In Madrasas": Calcutta High Court Orally Remarks

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday orally observed that "heavens will not fall" if all six stanzas of Vande Mataram are sung in madrasas, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging a government notification making the rendition of the complete national song mandatory in such institutions.The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen...

LiveLaw Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: July 2026

Calcutta High Court Asks SIR Tribunal To Expeditiously Decide Agniveer Recruit's Appeal Over Voter Roll DeletionCase: Akash Sarkar v. Union of India & Ors.,Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 258The Calcutta High Court has directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal at Cooch Behar to expeditiously decide the appeal of an Agniveer recruitment candidate whose name was deleted...

Calcutta High Court To Hear Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment Tomorrow In Compliance With SC's Orders

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said it will hear Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's plea seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment tomorrow, in compliance with the Supreme Court's direction to dispose of the matter within one week.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya informed the additional government pleader to intimate the counsel for both sides, upon noting the order passed...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 27th July To 2nd August, 2026

Adults Have Fundamental Right To Choose Life Partner: Calcutta High Court Directs Police Protection For Interfaith CoupleCase: Abdul Sheikh v State of West BengalCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 298The Calcutta High Court has reiterated that two consenting adults have a fundamental right to choose their life partners irrespective of their religion, while directing the West Bengal Police to...

Senior Citizens Act Not A Tool To Evict Tenants; SDM Lacks Jurisdiction In Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be invoked to evict a tenant in a landlord-tenant dispute, observing that such disputes must be adjudicated under the applicable tenancy laws before the competent civil court.Justice Smita Das De quashed an order passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Siliguri directing...

Husband Cannot Be Directed To Both Maintain Fixed Deposit For Child & Pay Monthly Child Maintenance Separately: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that while a father may voluntarily create a fixed deposit to secure the future of his child, such a deposit cannot be treated as a substitute for monthly maintenance. At the same time, if monthly maintenance is ultimately awarded, the father cannot be compelled to continue the fixed deposit in addition to making periodic maintenance payments.Justice...

IIT Kanpur PhD Admission Stalled Due To SIR Deletion: Calcutta High Court Directs Tribunal To Decide Appeal Expeditiously

The Calcutta High Court recently directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal to expeditiously decide the appeal of a Ph.D. aspirant whose admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur had allegedly been stalled after his name was struck off the electoral roll.Justice Krishna Rao observed that since the petitioner's admission to the Ph.D. programme was...

Section 141 NI Act Inapplicable To Sole Proprietorships; Family Members Can't Be Prosecuted As 'Partners': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the vicarious liability provision under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be invoked against family members of the proprietor of a sole proprietorship concern, reiterating that a sole proprietorship has no separate legal identity and is outside the ambit of the provision.The Court further held that criminal liability under Section...