Calcutta High Court
“Writ Of Certiorari And Quo Warranto Can Peacefully Coexist”: Calcutta High Court Allows Amendment For Addition Of Prayer In Writ Petition
The Calcutta High Court recently allowed a plea seeking to insert prayer for writ of Quo Warranto in a Writ petition filed seeking a writ of Certiorari for quashing a Notification issued by the Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department of the State.A single-judge bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya held that it would be within the powers of a Writ Court under Article 226 of...
'Polls Should Be Stopped If Bloodbath Continues': Calcutta High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Violence During Nominations For Panchayat Elections
The Calcutta High Court today directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into alleged instances of violence and corruption that have taken place during nominations for elections to the Three-tier Panchayati Raj System in West Bengal, slated to be held on July 8. A single-judge Bench of Justice Amrita Sinha took exception to the claims of abject violence taking place at the...
“If Officials Are So Busy, They Better Wind Up”: Calcutta High Court Flays SEC For Requisitioning Inadequate Central Forces Amid Panchayat Elections
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued fresh directions to the West Bengal State Election Commission (“SEC”) to requisition the deployment of additional central paramilitary forces for the WB Panchayat Elections 2023, within 24 hours.A division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Uday Kumar took exception to SEC requisitioning only 22 companies of paramilitary forces as...
“Part Of Kolkata’s Heritage”: Calcutta High Court Directs Govt To Constitute Committee To Examine How Tram Services Can Be Preserved
The Calcutta High Court today directed the State of West Bengal and its Transport department to form a committee to examine, and submit a report as to how Tram services can be "restored, maintained and preserved" in the city of Kolkata.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Sivagnaman and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta passed the order in a PIL for preservation of remaining stretches of tram railways...
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...