Calcutta High Court
RG Kar Case | Calcutta High Court Expresses Dissatisfaction With SIT Probe, Directs Production Of Case Diary & Investigation Material
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) probe in the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case, observing that the investigation had not been taken to its "logical conclusion" despite specific directions issued earlier by the Court.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was considering...
'Duty to Disclose Brother's BJP Role,' Calcutta High Court Judge in Mamata Banerjee Election Petition, TMC Expresses Full Faith
While hearing former West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging the election of present CM Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday witnessed an unusual exchange after the presiding judge disclosed in open court that his elder brother serves as a national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata...
Attachment Of Accused's Property U/S 107 BNSS Requires Strict Judicial Scrutiny, Cannot Be Recovery Mechanism: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order attaching properties belonging to a woman who was not even named as an accused in a criminal case, while issuing significant guidelines on the exercise of powers under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee observed that indiscriminate use of the power to attach property under Section 107...
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Relief To Abhishek Banerjee Seeking To Travel Abroad For Medical Treatment
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to grant urgent relief to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who had sought the Court's permission to travel abroad for medical treatment on his eye, which had been operated earlier.Mentioning the matter before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, Banerjee's counsel submitted that the plea required urgent consideration as the Court had earlier...
Messi Fiasco: Calcutta High Court Adjourns Hearing On Challenge To Aroop Biswas' Interim Protection, Extends Relief Till July 2
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the challenge to the interim protection granted to former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas in connection with the alleged irregularities surrounding the 2025 Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium.A Division Bench presided by Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakroborty deferred the matter till July 2, 2026, while directing...
Calcutta HC Admits Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Against Suvendu Adhikari's Win; Orders Preservation Of EVMs, VVPATs & CCTV Footage
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday admitted the election petition by former CM Mamata Banerjee, challenging the election of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency, holding that the petition discloses a valid cause of action and satisfies the requirements under the Representation of the People Act, 1951.Refusing to dismiss the petition at...
Promise To Marry After Initial Sexual Assault Cannot Shield Accused: Calcutta High Court Upholds Rape Conviction
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of a man for rape, holding that a subsequent promise to marry after an initial act of forcible sexual assault cannot absolve the accused of criminal liability. The Court observed that while the parties later entered into a physical relationship on the accused's repeated assurances of marriage, the initial act was without the victim's consent...
No Trade Licence Needed To Register Partnership Firm Of Advocates Under Partnership Act: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that a partnership firm constituted exclusively for carrying on the legal profession cannot be compelled to produce a trade licence as a precondition for registration under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, observing that such a requirement finds no place in the statutory scheme governing registration of partnership firms.Justice Bivas Pattanayak, sitting at...
'Street Vendors May Lose Sole Means Of Livelihood': PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks Action Against Alleged Illegal Evictions
The Calcutta High Court has been moved by an advocate through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that authorities in West Bengal are preparing to carry out large-scale eviction of street vendors across the State without complying with the mandatory safeguards under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.The petitioner, claiming to be...
CPIM(L) Moves Calcutta High Court Challenging WB Govt's 'Blanket Re-Verification' Of 1.69 Crore Caste Certificates
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Calcutta High Court by the Communist Party of India, (Marxist Leninist), Liberation, challenging a memorandum issued by the West Bengal Government directing a blanket re-verification of all Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) caste certificates issued in the State since 2011.The petition assails...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 16 June To 21 June, 2026
Withdrawal Of Earlier Challenge To Defective Charge Memo Doesn't Bar Disciplinary Authority From Issuing Fresh, Valid Charge Memo: Calcutta HCCase Name : Gitesh Das Mahapatra Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 250A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Madhuresh Prasad and Justice Prasenjit Biswas held that the dismissal of a prior...