Calcutta High Court
Litigant Not Genuine But, Direction To Probe Allegations Of ‘Fake Doctor’ Practicing Medicine Issued In Public Interest: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has directed the State government to probe the allegations levelled against practice of medicine by a fake doctor in West Bengal. It added that though it had come to light that the PIL petitioner lacked bona fides, the direction was issued by the Court in public interest and will subsist.Noting that the litigant had not disclosed in the petition that he was the...
Duttapukur Explosions | 'Give Police Time To Complete Investigation': Calcutta HC Dismisses PIL For NIA Probe As Premature
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea moved by the BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the recent explosions that occurred at an allegedly illegal firecracker factory in Duttapukur, West Bengal on 27th August.In dismissing the PIL as premature, a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya...
Not Sufficiently Equipped On Judicial Side To Keep Tabs On Lower Courts For Promptly Uploading Daily Orders: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the administrative wing of the Court to ensure that daily orders of both civil and criminal courts under its supervision are promptly uploaded on its E-Courts server.The bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya said the Court is not sufficiently equipped to grant such relief. It however granted liberty to the...
Baseless Comments By Disciplinary Authority Leave ‘Permanent Scar’ On Employee's Character: Calcutta High Court Reinstates CISF Constable
The Calcutta High Court has allowed a writ petition moved by a CISF constable challenging his dismissal from service for alleged lack of oversight during his duty at the ISSCO Steel Plant in Burnpur, due to which certain miscreants entered the plant wielding weapons, in an attempt to steal copper wire. In setting aside the order of dismissal, which labelled the petitioner a ‘conniver’ and...
Swaccha Bharat Solid-Waste Management Facility Not ‘Illegal Organic Fertilizer Plant’, Baseless Apprehension: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a PIL challenging an upcoming solid-waste management plant (“SWM”) set up under the Swaccha Bharat mission, on grounds of it ‘illegally creating organic fertilizer’, thereby causing a nuisance and hazard for general public. Upon perusing a report of the Block-Development Officer, Bongaon, on the proposed steps to be taken at the facility, in terms...
Jadavpur University Not Political Battlefield, Students Must Be Heard: Calcutta High Court In Plea Against Ragging, Admin Lapses
In a plea challenging alleged administrative lapses and lack of security measures which led to the death of a first-year student due to ragging in Jadavpur University, the Calcutta High Court has observed that it is imperative to hear representatives of the student bodies.In directing for the students to be added as parties to the PIL and observing that a University Campus could not be...
'Newspaper Reports And Next Morning There's A Writ': Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Against "Banned Student Union" In Jadavpur University
The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL filed by BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari against the “Revisionary Students Union/Federation”, an allegedly banned students union stated to be operating from within Jadavpur University.Upon perusing the writ petition, a bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya expressed strong resentment and said,“Are you very...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 21 To August 27
NOMINAL INDEXSurojit Dasgupta Vs State Of West Bengal And Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 229Dwaipayan Das Vs. State of West Bengal & Anr. & connected application. 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 230Sri X v State of West Bengal & ors 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 231Sanjoy Mondal Vs. The State of West Bengal 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 232Bishal Das & Ors. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Cal)...
Don’t Create Communal Tension: Calcutta HC Refuses To Exercise Writ Jurisdiction Over Private Ownership Of Waterbody Worshipped By Hindus
The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the order of the Block Land & Land Reforms Officer (BL & LRO) allocating a portion of the Adiganga water body in the Sundarbans to the private respondents under the West Bengal Land Reform Act, 1955. (“WBLR”)Petitioners argued that the respondents were preventing Hindus in the area from offering their worship at the...
Calcutta High Court Grants Relief To Transgender Rights Activist, Quashes Kidnapping Case Lodged By Transwoman's Family
The Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri recently quashed criminal proceedings against a transgender rights activist & researcher, who had been accused of kidnapping by the family of a trans-woman, whom he helped escape from alleged mental and physical torture at her home.In quashing the FIRs against the petitioner, a single-bench of Justice Prasenjit Biswas opined:To prove...
NDPS Act | Lab Report ‘Most Vital’ Evidence, Cannot Be Filed Through Supplementary Chargesheet: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri recently allowed the bail plea of an accused under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act (“NDPS”) upon taking note of various ‘procedural infirmities’ in the chargesheet.A division-bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice Prasenjit Biswas held:A mere statement of filing of a supplementary charge-sheet...
Holistic, Common-Sense Approach Required To Interpret Arbitration Clause: Calcutta HC Grants Interim Relief To US-Based Healthcare Company
The Calcutta High Court while exercising its admiralty jurisdiction, recently allowed an application for interim relief by Uphealth Holdings Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Uphealth Inc., a US-based healthcare company under section 9 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996.Justice Ravi Kishan Kapur observed that the applicant had made out a prima facie case for interim relief...