Calcutta High Court Declines Plea By 'Tainted' Candidates Challenging Cancellation Of Admit Cards For SSC Re-Exam

The Calcutta High Court has declined a plea by 'tainted candidates' in the SSC Recruitment process, embroiled in the cash for jobs scam, challenging the cancellation of their admit cards to appear in the re-examination ordered by the Supreme Court.Their admit cards were cancelled in line with the Supreme Court's directions to disallow tainted candidates from the fresh recruitment process,...

Ramkrishna Mission Cannot Deny Appointment To Professor Merely Due To Divergent Views Expressed Online: Calcutta High Court

'The principles lived and experienced by Sri Ramakrishna, and further articulated by Swami Vivekananda, are of such universality that they may be accepted even by persons professing a different religion, faith, or ideology,' the court said.

Continuing Wrong By State Creating Continuous Injury : Calcutta HC Upholds Condonation Of Service Deficiency & Grants Pension

A Division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J. and Tapabrata Chakraborty, J. held that in case of the continuing wrong creating a continuous source of injury due to delay on part of the State, the grant of pension upon condonation of deficiency in service is allowed. Background Facts The respondent's name was sponsored by the Employment Exchange...

Calcutta High Court Orders Demolition Of Tower At Elita Garden Vista Apartment Complex Over Fraudulently Obtained Sanction

The Calcutta High Court has directed the demolition of an additional tower constructed at the city's Elita Garden Vista housing complex, which had been constructed without the consent of the flat owners in the 15 towers, erected per the original sanction plan.Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Ajay Kumar Gupta held:"There is no alternative to demolition when an additional structure is...

Calcutta HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Wife Accused Of Abetting Estranged Husband's Suicide After Not Returning To Matrimonial Home

The Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a woman who was accused of abetting the suicide of her estranged husband, by her mother-in-law, after the husband hung himself over the wife's refusal to return to the matrimonial home.In granting the plea, Justice Jay Sengupta held: "It will for the Courts to finally decide whether there is any element of abetment of suicide in this case....

Calcutta High Court Directs Police To Probe Allegations Of Sexual Assault, Blackmail Leading To Student's Suicide At Medical College

The Calcutta High Court has directed the police to conduct a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 23-year-old MBBS student at Murshidabad Medical College, who died by suicide on the college campus.The victim's father, who is also a police officer and presently posted at Chandigarh, filed a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking a thorough investigation into...

[Arbitration] Executing Court Retains Jurisdiction To Modify Stay Order & Direct Deposit Of Remaining Amount With Interest: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar held that the court as an Executing Court retains jurisdiction to direct deposit of the remaining awarded amount along with interest before granting stay on the enforcement of the award, even if a stay order had already been passed upon filing an application to set aside the award, since modification of the conditions of the stay...

Delivery Of Certified Copy Of Award After Signing & Authentication Constitutes Valid Service U/S 31(5) Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar held that delivery of a certified copy of the award, signed by the members, when properly addressed, stamped, and sent by speed post with delivery confirmed by the postal department, amounts to effective service even if the original signed copy of the award is not dispatched. The present application has been filed under section 47...

[S.91 CrPC] Accused Cannot Be Summoned To Produce Incriminating Evidence Against Himself: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that an accused cannot be summoned under section 91 of the CrPC to provide incriminating material against himself, which would be used against him in trial.Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held: "It thus appears to this Court that from the series of reported decision as cited from the Bar it would reveal that it was never the legislative intent while enacting Section...

Searching For Another Job With Rival Company Is A Basic Right, Does Not Constitute Moral Turpitude: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that an employee searching for another job with better pay or benefits, even with a rival company, does not amount to moral turpitude for the purpose of termination of employment.Justice Shampa (Dutt) Paul held: "Thus looking for another job, even if with a rival company (though, not proved in this case) with better perks and facilities is a basic right and...

PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks Proper Maintenance Of Roads, Says Potholes & Poor Repairs Affect Citizens' Right To Life

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Calcutta High Court highlighting the urgent need for proper maintenance, repair, and safety measures of the arterial roads, residential roads, flyovers, bridges, and connectors of Kolkata, Howrah, and adjoining municipal areas.According to the petitioner, Akash Sharma, an Advocate of the Calcutta High Court, over the past years,...

Calcutta High Court Halts Grant Of Funds To Durga Puja Clubs Which Failed To Submit Report On Utilisation Of Funds

The Calcutta High Court has directed the state government to stop the grant of funds given to organise Durga Puja celebrations to clubs which failed to submit a certificate on utilisation of such funds granted in the previous year, as had been sought by the court.A division bench of Justices Sujoy Paul and Smita Das De passed the order.On an earlier occassion, the court had sought for the...