Calcutta High Court
Unmarried/ Widow Daughter Of Employee Who Superannuated Or Died Prior To DCRB Scheme Entitled To Family Pension: Calcutta High Court Full Bench
A Full bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday held that family pension can be extended to unmarried/ widowed daughter of an employee who superannuated or died prior to coming into force of the Non-Government Educational Institution Employees (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Scheme, 1981, which came into effect on and from 1st April, 1981.The bench comprising Justice Harish Tandon,...
Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Against Smart-Electricity Meters Filed Over "Baseless Apprehension" That It Would Affect Thousands Of Jobs
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL filed on behalf of the Spot Billing Meter Readers Welfare Association, seeking directions against the installation of smart-billing electricity meters over apprehension that they would jeopardise the jobs of thousands of meter-readers. While petitioner acknowledged that technology should not be resisted, he expressed concern that a wide-scale...
In Folklore Lord Jagannath Travels In Chariot, Police Prohibiting Rath Yatra Amounts To Interference With Religious Practice: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Monday, urgently took up a matter concerning the Jagannath Rath Yatra festival to be celebrated in West Bengal, culminating on the 20th of June 2023. A single-bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha held that the Howrah Police’s directives in not allowing a chariot procession to take place by devotees of Lord Jagannath, would be unreasonable and amount to...
Calcutta High Court Reserves Judgment In PIL Against "Unilateral" Appointment Of Interim-VCs By Governor
The Calcutta High Court today reserved its judgment in a PIL filed by a retired professor, questioning the alleged illegality with which the Governor of West Bengal, acting as de facto Chancellor of State Universities, unilaterally appointed interim Vice-Chancellors.The petitioner said consultation with the relevant State Departments is mandatory under the UGC norms and prayed for issuance of...
High Court Slams Kolkata Municipal Corporation Over Unauthorized Street Vendors Issue, Says Inaction Amounts To 'Rewarding Encroachers'
In a PIL filed by a practising Advocate, concerning the blockage and encroachment of a public road by unauthorised vendors and shopkeepers, the Calcutta High Court pulled up the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police for being unable to evict the unauthorised encroachers and trespassers masquerading as hawkers on governmental property.A division bench of Chief Justice...
Calcutta High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea Alleging 'Overload' Of State Representatives On Search Committee For State Universities VCs
The Calcutta High Court has sought the State's response in a PIL concerning composition of search committees for the selection of Vice-Chancellors for WB State Universities, following the West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, (“2023 amendment”).The Ordinance increased the strength of the Committee from 3 to 5 to include Chief Minister’s nominee and a representative of...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round Up: June 12 To June 18, 2023
NOMINAL INDEXAtindra Nath Mondal v State of WB and ors 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 156Suvendu Adhikari & Ors v. WB State Election Commission 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 157Sri Santosh Saha and Anr vs The Managing Director, Calcutta State Transport Corporation 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 158Dinesh Kumar Birla v Institute of Cost Accountants of India and Anr 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 159Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals...
Claimant Not Required To Establish Negligence Of Offending Vehicle U/S 163A Motor Vehicles Act: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal State Transport Corporation (WBSTC) to pay about Rs. 2 lakh compensation to the family of a minor girl who was killed in a road accident with WBSTC bus in 2007.The victims’ parents had approached the Court against an order of the Motor Vehicles Accident Claim Tribunal, wherein it only awarded them Rs 15,000 in compensation. They...
TDS Not Deductible On Trade Discount Allowed By Newspaper Company To INS Accredited Advertising Agent: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that TDS is not deductible on trade discounts allowed by newspaper companies to Indian Newspaper Society (INS) accredited advertising agents.The bench of Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has observed that the trade discount given by the assessee, engaged in the business of publishing and selling newspapers, to newspaper vendors...
'Allegations Indicate Complicity Among Ministers': Calcutta High Court Dismisses State’s Appeal Against CBI Probe In Municipality Recruitment Scam
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the West Bengal government against CBI investigation into the infamous municipality recruitment scam wherein government jobs were given out to those who were unqualified, without following the processes laid down.A Division Bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakroborty and Justice Partha Sarthi Chatterjee observed that the instances of...
WB Panchayat Elections: Calcutta High Court Directs SEC To Grant One More Day To 'Shiksha Bandhus' To File Nomination
The Calcutta High Court today ordered the State Election Commission to grant one more day to the 'Shiksha Bandhus' to file their nominations for the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal. The polling is slated to be held on July 8. Today was the last day to file nominations.Shiksha Bandhus are contractual teachers under the erstwhile Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. A division comprising...
Breaking | WB Panchayat Elections: Calcutta High Court Directs State Election Commission To Requisition Central Forces For All Districts Within 48 Hours
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal State Election Commission to requisition central forces for all districts in West Bengal within 48 hours for the 2023 Panchayat Elections.A division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Uday Kumar passed the order in a plea filed by Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari.The bench noted that a direction for...