“Job Aspirants Cannot Dictate Recruitment Conditions”: Calcutta High Court Refuses Relaxation In EWS Certificate Requirement

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging cancellation of candidature in an Airports Authority of India recruitment process after the candidate failed to submit the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) certificate for the financial year specified in the recruitment notification.Justice Amrita Sinha held that a recruiting authority cannot be compelled to accept...

HC Can Permit Compromise Even After Final Judgment If Offence Subsequently Becomes Compoundable: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that even after a criminal revision is finally disposed of, the High Court can invoke its inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC to permit compounding of an offence where a subsequent change in circumstances creates a statutory right to compound the offence.Justice Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee observed that although courts ordinarily become functus officio...

Calcutta High Court Restrains Further Demolition Of Fire-Hit Tiljala Building, Bars Leather Business From Premises

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday restrained further demolition of a Tiljala building where a fire in a leather goods manufacturing unit claimed two workers' lives earlier this week, while simultaneously prohibiting any business activity from the premises until further orders.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury passed the interim order in a writ petition filed by residents of the premises at...

Calcutta High Court Stays Eastern Railways' Eviction Drive Against 6,000 Slum Dwellers Living Near Railway Station

The Calcutta High Court has passed an interim order staying all proceedings pursuant to the impugned eviction notice issued in relation to the Brace Bridge railway station area until 20 May 2026 or until further orders. The writ petition was moved on behalf of nearly 6,000 slum dwellers residing in the locality adjacent to Brace Bridge Railway Station.Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya held:...

'Ensure Safe Return Of Displaced Persons Regardless Of Political Affiliation': Calcutta High Court Tells State In Post-Poll Violence PILs

The Calcutta High Court has issued interim directions to the State Police, asking them to ensure the safe return of persons who were allegedly displaced from their shops, homes or properties, regardless of political affiliation, in PILs against alleged post-poll violence in the wake of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results.Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen...

'File Petition First': Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Relief Against "Bulldozer Action" On Fire-Hit 'Illegal' Tiljala Factory

An urgent mentioning was made before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 14) challenging an order passed by the Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to demolish Tiljala Factory, where two persons were killed in a fire just days ago.The lawyer made the mentioning before the Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, alleging that the "bulldozer action" was illegal.It...

'West Bengal Not A Bulldozer State, Police Not Lodging FIRs': Ex-CM Mamata Banerjee Tells High Court In Post-Poll Violence PILs

Trinamool Congress head and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told the Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 14) that there had been large scale violence after the recently conducted legislative assembly polls in the State, including bulldozer action and that the Police was not permitting FIRs to be lodged. Notably, the BJP came to power for the first time in the State in...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Misconduct Finding Against SAIL Employee For Encroaching On Company Land

The Calcutta High Court has upheld disciplinary proceedings initiated against a Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) employee for unauthorized use and encroachment of company land, while partly granting relief by setting aside the punishment insofar as it imposed reduction of pay “with cumulative effect”.A Division Bench comprising Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen...

Calcutta High Court Denies Relief To Man Convicted In 2010 Maoist Attack Which Killed 24 Security Personnel

The Calcutta High Court has refused to suspend the sentence of alleged Maoist leader Arnab Dam, convicted in the 2010 Silda EFR camp attack case in which 24 security personnel were killed, observing that injured eyewitnesses are likely to remember the faces of attackers involved in “such a major terrorist attack.”A Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha...

Wife Strangulated For Protesting Against Husband's Extramarital Affair: Calcutta High Court Upholds Murder Conviction

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man for murdering his wife by strangulation, holding that the medical evidence, “last seen” circumstances, and proof of a strained marital relationship arising out of the husband's alleged extramarital affairs formed a complete chain pointing to guilt.A Division Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 4th May To 10th May, 2026

WB Poll: Calcutta High Court Declines To Interfere In Nomination Dispute Mid-Polls, Says Remedy Lies In Election PetitionCase: Arindam Ghosh Vs. The Union of India & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 207The Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere with the acceptance of a candidate's nomination during the ongoing election process, holding that such disputes must be agitated through...

“Questioning Husband's Manhood Does Not Amount To Abetment Of Suicide”: Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Wife

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a woman and her father accused of abetting the suicide of her husband, observing that remarks questioning a man's “manhood” or refusal to continue a matrimonial relationship, by themselves, do not constitute abetment to suicide under Section 306 IPC.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held that there was no material showing any...