Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Restores Plea Challenging 'Drum Beating', 'Public Slaughtering' Of Animals During Muharram
The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed the restoration of a plea challenging the acts of "drum-beating" and "public-slaughtering" of animals during Muharram.A division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya said,“The petitioner has filed [this plea] to restore the writ petition which was dismissed for default on 18.04.2023. The petitioner submits that...
Justice Gaurang Kanth Sworn In As Judge Of Calcutta High Court
Justice Gaurang Kanth was sworn in as a Judge of the Calcutta High Court today. Chief Justice TS Sivagnaman administered the oath of office.The Central Government had notified his transfer from the Delhi High Court pursuant to the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation. On July 12, the Collegium rejected his request for transfer to Madhya Pradesh High Court or Rajasthan High Court or any...
State’s Duty To Compensate For Land Acquisition, Can’t Contend Landowner’s Right Forfeited Due To Delay In Approaching Court: Calcutta HC
Once government utilizes a person’s land, it is duty bound to follow land acquisition laws; why would the citizen who has been deprived of his property be required to approach the Court for seeking compensation, the Calcutta High Court said recently.The remarks were made while dismissing multiple appeals preferred by the West Bengal government against orders of a Single-judge in 2017,...
Panchayat Elections: Calcutta High Court Orders DIG To Investigate Allegation Of Nomination Paper Being Filed By Candidate From Abroad
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the DIG, Crime Investigation Department, West Bengal, supervised by a Retired Judge of the Court, to carry out an investigation into the acceptance and scrutiny of nomination papers filed by a candidate from Minakha block, who was allegedly not present in India at the time of such filing, during the West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2023. A...
Party’s Right To Choose Arbitrator Cannot Be Revived Once It Is Surrendered To Court U/S 11(6) Arbitration Act: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that when a party forfeits its right to appoint an arbitrator in accordance with Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration act”), then it cannot subsequently “trace back its steps” to revive such a right, for the substitution of a fresh panel of arbitrators, when the existing arbitrator becomes de jure/de...
Calcutta High Court Seeks WB Forest Authority's Response Over Death Of Pregnant Elephant During Translocation
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Forest Department, Government of West Bengal to file a report in a plea concerning the death of a pregnant elephant during the process of translocation from one district to another. In taking up the concerns raised by the petitioner, an advocate claiming to be an eye-witness to the incident, a Bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and...
Calcutta High Court Restrains Man Registered With 'Alternate Medical Council' From Using Prefix ‘Doctor’, Orders Probe
The Calcutta High Court recently restrained an individual registered with the “Alternate Medical Council, Kolkata” from using the prefix ‘Doctor’ and directed the West Bengal Medical Council to investigate into issues concerning illegal and unauthorised handing out certificates of ‘registered medical practitioners’.In holding that no individual could be certified as a...
S.11 CPC | Second Writ Petition On Identical Grounds Not Maintainable: Calcutta High Court Upholds Appointment Of Kazi Nazrul University Registrar
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking to nullify the appointment of the Registrar of Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal, on the grounds that such an appointment was made on the basis of an erroneous advertisement, which did not conform to the UGC Regulations, 2018 or the All India Council for Technical Education (“AICTE”) Regulations, 2010.A...
No Evidence Of Supplier Of Tea Involved In Smuggling Poppy Seeds: Calcutta High Court Releases Vehicle And Tea
The Calcutta High Court has released the attached vehicle and tea on the grounds that the tea supplier was not involved in smuggling poppy seeds.The bench of Justice Krishna Rao has observed that tea is perishable in nature, no involvement of the supplier of the tea with the smuggled poppy seeds has been ascertained, and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has no objection if the...
Calcutta High Court Refuses To Initiate Suo Moto Contempt Against Abhishek Banerjee For Allegedly Scandalous Remarks About Judiciary
The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to take suo moto cognizance of allegedly incendiary remarks made by AITC MP Abhishek Banerjee against the judiciary.A bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya suggested Senior Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, who had made an urgent mentioning, to approach the larger bench which is already hearing a contempt case...
Calcutta High Court Directs South 24 Parganas DM To Enquire Into Alleged Misallocation Of Funds Under PM Awas Yojana
The Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the District Magistrate of South 24 Parganas district to inquire into alleged discrepancies in allocation of public funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.While disposing of a petition alleging “large scale illegalities” in the Yojana, a Division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya ordered:“...without...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To July 16
NOMINAL INDEXTexmaco Rail and Engineering Limited & Anr v Union of India and Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 183Tushar Manna v Ananda Sarkar 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 184Ujjwal Trivedi v The State Of West Bengal and Ors with Save Democracy And Ors v The State Of West Bengal And Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 1851. Tender Process By Public Undertaking Must Be Transparent To Ensure Best Competitor Is Chosen:...