Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Slams Special CBI Judge For 'Acting Detrimentally' To CBI, ED Probe Into Recruitment Scam, Orders Transfer
In a scathing verdict, the Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak to forthwith effect the pending transfer of Alipore Special CBI Judge Arpan Chatterjee, after CBI DIG & SIT head Ashwin Shenvi submitted that SIT members investigating the recruitment scam were being sent for inquiry to the Kolkata Police by the said judge.In expressing his exasperation at...
Calcutta High Court Orders Wheelchair, Business Space For 100% Disabled Petitioner, Says State Cannot Shirk Responsibility As Parens Patriae
The Calcutta High Court has directed the State to provide the petitioner, a person with 100% disability, with a wheel chair under the Prosthetic Aids and Appliances Scheme of the Government of West Bengal, as well as with a space/shop near Baranagar in order for the petitioner to start some business with the help of his wheelchair.In taking exception to the apathy faced by the petitioner at...
Tedious Judicial Process Cannot Be Used To Harass Employees: Calcutta High Court Directs UCO Bank To Release Arrears Of Pay & Retirement Benefits
The Calcutta High Court has directed UCO Bank to disburse within a period of 6 weeks, the salary arrears, retirement and service benefits of a retired employee whose conduct during service is being disputed by the Bank.Earlier, the petitioner’s order of dismissal by the Bank was dismissed by a co-ordinate bench, whose order was subsequently upheld by a division-bench on 27th June...
Calcutta HC Restores Original Merit List In Police Constable Recruitment 2019; Age Relaxation Doesn't Bar Reserved Category Candidate To Fill General Seat
The Calcutta High Court has allowed a writ petition moved by reserved category candidates in the WB Police Constable Recruitment 2019, whose names were excluded in a revised merit list that was published in 2022 pursuant to the impugned judgment by the WB State Administrative Tribunal (“SAT”).The Bench restored the original merit list that quashed by SAT, in which reserved candidates...
Cheque Dishonour | Proceedings U/S 138 NI Act Cannot Be Compounded At Revision Stage Without Complainant’s Consent: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has observed that offences under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (“N.I. Act”), cannot be compounded without the complainant’s consent, in violation of Section 320 CrPC. In dismissing two criminal revisions, a single-bench of Justice Subhendu Samanta held:It is clear that the prayer of compromise at the stage of criminal revision before this High...
Auto Rickshaw Permits Must Be Allocated In Transparent Manner: Calcutta High Court Directs Transport Dept To Publish Route Vacancies Online
The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the State's Transport Department to publish all route/permit vacancies for plying of auto rickshaws in the State, to enable transparent allocation of the same. In dismissing an appeal against a single-bench order which refused to interfere with the allocation of auto rickshaw permits for the Howrah-Don Bosco, Liluah route a division bench of...
Asian Games: Calcutta High Court Permits Unselected Volleyball Player To View Trials Footage For Self Assessment
The Calcutta High Court has refused to pass orders in favour of a volleyball player who challenged her non-selection by the Volleyball Federation of India (“VFI”) for the 2023 Asian Games contingent.Petitioner claimed that she was highly accomplished in the sport of Volleyball at the national level, and that those had achieved far less than her in the sport, had been selected due to...
Why Do Authorities Always Need Court Order To Act? High Court Questions Kolkata Municipal Corporation On Unauthorised Hawkers
The Calcutta High Court has recently hauled up the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (“KMC”) in a plea challenging its alleged inaction pertaining to non-removal of unauthorised hawkers and street vendors on the “Oberoi Grand Arcade,” a heritage site and landmark situated in New Market.In directing the KMC to submit a report in the matter, and not give out any further permits to the...
“At This Age, They Can’t Be Sent To Civil Court”: Calcutta High Court Aids Parents Allegedly Ousted From Home By Son & Daughter-In-Law
The Calcutta High Court has allowed the writ petition filed by a couple who claimed that they had been driven out of their home by their son and daughter-in-law (“respondents”).Petitioners claimed that they had right title and interest over the property and that the respondents had been torturing, intimidating and even assaulting them for a considerable amount of time, eventually ousting...
Vehicle Seizure: Calcutta High Court Transfers Case To CID After Owner Produces Recording Alleging Police Officers Were ‘Fixing Bribe Rates’
The Calcutta High Court has transferred a case relating to alleged illegal seizure of a goods carrier by the West Bengal Police to the State's Crime Investigation Department (“CID”), after a clip was played in Court showing recordings of police officers asking for bribe from truck drivers to allow passage through certain police stations in North Dinajpur.The petitioner, whose truck had...
Compassionate Appointment Helps Tide Over ‘Sudden Crisis’: Calcutta HC Denies Daughter’s Plea For Appointment 13 Yrs After Father’s Death
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea by the writ petitioner, who challenged an order from the Chairman/Secretary, District Primary School Council, Dakshin Dinajpur (“Chairman’”), denying her compassionate appointment upon the passing of her father, who died-in-service in 2010.In upholding the order passed by the Chairman, a single-bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf observed:This...
Religious Freedoms Must Be Balanced With Fundamental Right To Electricity: Calcutta HC Allows High-Tension Wire Overhead Christian Minority Land
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the passage of a “high-tension transmission line” overhead of a plot of land owned by the St. Mary’s Technological Foundation, which catered to Christian minorities and students from weaker sections of society. The line in question was being installed by the WBSETCL, and the petitioners claimed that such a high-tension overhead...