Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: May 2026

Merely Driving Car With Contraband Not 'Possession' Under NDPS Act, No Direct Nexus: Calcutta High Court Grants BailCase: Saw Herald vs The StateCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 204The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to an accused in an NDPS case, holding that mere driving of a vehicle from which contraband is recovered, without any recovery from the accused or prima facie material...

"You May Arrest, But You Cannot Humiliate": Calcutta High Court Orally Remarks On Police Parading Accused With Ropes Around Waists

The Calcutta High Court on Friday expressed concern over the alleged police practice of parading accused persons in public with ropes tied around their waists, observing that while the State has the authority to arrest and prosecute individuals, it cannot subject them to humiliation."You may arrest them, you may prosecute them, but you cannot humiliate them," a vacation bench led by Justice...

No 'Right To Visibility' Exists On Private AI Platforms: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Direct ChatGPT To Display IndiaMart Links

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed IndiaMart's plea seeking interim directions against OpenAI, holding that a private business cannot compel ChatGPT to display or prioritize its website links in AI-generated responses. The Court observed that there is no legal right entitling one private entity to have its business promoted on another private platform and that any such direction would...

Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges Police's Practice Of Parading Accused With Ropes Tied Around Their Waists

A plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking directions against the police practice of parading accused persons in public with ropes tied around their waists.According to reports, the petition raises concerns over recent incidents in which arrested persons were allegedly taken through public places with ropes tied around their waists and, in some cases, in a state of...

Calcutta High Court Allows TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee To Move Plea Seeking Protection From Coercive Action In MLA Signature Forgery Probe

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday permitted Trinamool Congress leader and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee to move a petition seeking protection from coercive action in connection with the West Bengal CID's investigation into the alleged forged signatures case involving several MLAs.The matter was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justice Apurba Sinha Ray after Banerjee was summoned...

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Parents Move Calcutta High Court Against KMC Notice Alleging Unauthorised Construction At Residence

The parents of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee have approached the Calcutta High Court seeking the quashing of a notice issued by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) alleging unauthorised construction at their residence in south Kolkata.According to the petition, filed by Amit Banerjee and Lata Banerjee, the property situated at 29-C, Harish Chatterjee Street, was constructed...

Calcutta High Court Directs 'Status Quo' Over Demolition Of Alleged Illegal Constructions Across Kolkata

The Calcutta High Court on Friday (May 29) directed 'status quo' on demolition of alleged illegal constructions across the city, while hearing two petitions moved by tenants who had challenged the notice of demolition.The court while directing status quo, however said, that if any portion of the building in question has already become dangerous, the municipal authorities in consultation with...

Calcutta High Court Directs No Coercive Steps Against Actor Parambrata Chatterjee In FIR Over Social Media Posts On 2021 Post-Poll Violence

The Calcutta High Court in an interim order on Friday (May 29) directs no coercive steps shall be taken against Actor-Director Parambrata Chatterjee in connection with an FIR registered over alleged provocative social media posts linked to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The FIR was registered at Gariahat Police Station following a complaint by an advocate alleging that social...

Actor Parambrata Chatterjee Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Ancipatory Bail Over Alleged Social Media Posts On 2021 Post-Poll Violence

Actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an FIR registered over alleged provocative social media posts linked to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The matter is slated to come up before the Bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee.The FIR was registered at Gariahat Police Station following a complaint by an...

Criminal Court Cannot Hand Over Immovable Property Under Police Act; Possession Must Be Decided By Civil Court: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that criminal courts cannot adjudicate interim possessory rights over immovable property while exercising powers under the Police Act, 1861, observing that disputes concerning title, succession and possession fall exclusively within the domain of civil courts.Justice Kausik Chanda set aside orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate and the appellate court which...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Car Driver For Allegedly Killing Stray Dog, Says Mere Accident Cannot Attract Criminal Offence

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man accused of deliberately running over and killing a stray dog, holding that the materials on record failed to establish the “mens rea” or criminal intent necessary to attract offences under Sections 428 and 429 IPC and Section 11(1)(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.Justice Dr. Justice Ajoy...

'ED Cannot Ignore CBI's Exoneration In Predicate Offence': Calcutta High Court Quashes PMLA Proceedings

The Calcutta High Court has quashed money laundering proceedings against Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited, holding that the Enforcement Directorate cannot prosecute an entity for laundering “proceeds of crime” when the CBI, after a full-fledged investigation into the predicate offence, found no material showing its involvement in the alleged criminal activity.Justice Suvra...