Calcutta High Court
Non-Teaching Employees Have To Be Treated And Regularized As Permanent Employees: Calcutta High Court
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice I.P. Mukerji and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury while deciding a Writ Appeal in the case of The Director of Technical Education & Training Govt. of W.B. v Madan Mohan Sarkar & Ors. has held that non-teaching employees of the hostel/ mess of Malda Polytechnic should be treated as the permanent employees of the college...
Don’t Enforce Eviction Order Against Amartya Sen Till District Judge’s Decision On Stay Application: Calcutta High Court To Visva Bharati
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim relief to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen by restraining Visva Bharati University from acting on its order asking him to vacate a part of land at his property - Pratichi - at Shantiniketan.Justice Bibhas Ranjan De allowed an application seeking interim stay on the decision until a lower court at Suri in Birbhum district, where the stay application...
Allegations Of Fraud/Forgery Inter-Se The Parties Do Not Make The Dispute Non-Arbitrable: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that mere allegations of fraud inter-se the respondents would not make a dispute non-arbitrable. The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf held that merely because the respondents inter-se dispute the validity of the agreement containing arbitration clause and also their signature on it, it does not make the dispute non-arbitrable. It further held that...
West Bengal Teacher Recruitment Scam: Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Reassigns Cases To Justice Amrita Sinha After Supreme Court Order
The Calcutta High Court has reassigned the cases related to the Primary Teachers' Recruitment Scam in West Bengal, to Justice Amrita Sinha.The notification issued by the High Court on Monday read:“The Writ Petitions, all application filed in the writ petitions and any further application/s that may be filed including Review Application/s are assigned to Hon’ble Justice Amrita...
Calcutta High Court Constitutes SIT For Probe Into Bogtui Carnage-Accused Lalan Sheikh's Death In CBI Custody
The Calcutta High Court on Monday transferred the investigation of the alleged suicide of Lalan Sheikh, the prime accused in Bogtui Carnage Case, to a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Dr. Pranav Kumar, an IPS Officer. The SIT shall not report to the State and shall file regular reports before the jurisdictional Court/Magistrate, the high court said.“A custodial death is one of...
Justice TS Sivagnanam Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Calcutta High Court
The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice T. S. Sivagnanam, the senior most judge of the Calcutta High Court, as the Chief Justice of the High Court. He is currently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court,The Supreme Court Collegium (SCC) on February 9 recommended Justice Sivagnanam's name for the appointment as Chief Justice of Calcutta High...
'Only After Physical Relationship, Issue Regarding Marriage Cropped Up': Calcutta High Court Quashes Rape Case
The Calcutta High Court recently quashed criminal proceedings against an accused for the alleged offence of rape on the ground that the physical relationship between him and the victim was consensual and the issue of marriage cropped up only after the physical relationship. The single judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh noted:“Having regard to the version of the complainant and...
It Is Your Duty To Protect Courts, District Judiciary Is Like Mother: Calcutta High Court Acting Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam To Lawyers
The Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) T. S. Sivagnanam, while speaking at the stone laying ceremony of the new court complex in the Alipurduar district, said on Saturday that it is the duty of the members of the bar to protect courts, judges and litigants. A new court building for the new Alipurduar District Court complex is set to be built after the bifurcation of the judiciary...
BREAKING| ‘Produce By Midnight Translation Copy Of My TV Interview Placed In Supreme Court’: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay Directs SC Secretary General
In a significant development, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court today directed the Secretary General of the Supreme Court of India to provide to him by midnight, the transcription copy of the interview given by him in the media which was placed before the Supreme Court, which prompted the CJI led bench to direct the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court today...
Explosives Being Frequently Used In Rallies, Religious Ceremonies, Says Calcutta HC While Transferring Ram Navami Violence Case To NIA
The use of explosives substances and hurling of bombs have become regular features during rallies and religious ceremonies, observed the Calcutta High Court while transferring to NIA, the probe into the incidents of violence that occurred in the state last month during the Ram Navami celebrations.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya said that...
Promise Of ‘Marriage After Divorce’ By Itself Does Not Amount To Cheating: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Man In Case Under Section 417 IPC
The Calcutta High Court recently set aside trial court's decision to convict under Section 417 of IPC a man accused of inducing a woman to have sexual relation with him on the promise to marry her after the dissolution of his previous marriage.The single judge bench of Justice Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury noted: “Thus it can be safely said that the promise of marriage, so made by...
Dying Declaration Can Be Sole Basis Of Conviction Only When It Is Consistent: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Murder Conviction
The Calcutta High Court recently set aside the conviction of a murder accused on the ground that the dying declaration was doubtful. The division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta noted:“Dying declaration can be the sole basis of conviction provided the same is consistent. When the contents of the dying declaration as per the prosecution witnesses are at variance...