Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Trinamool Congress's Plea Challenging Freezing Of Bank Accounts
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined urgent hearing in a plea challenging the freezing of bank accounts of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), after Senior Advocate Kishore Datta sought priority in the matter.Mentioning the case before the Bench, Datta submitted, "If some precedence can be given, milord, this concerns the freezing of the bank accounts of a political party. it...
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing On Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment, Lists Plea In July
The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined to grant an urgent hearing to an application filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee seeking permission to travel abroad for specialized eye treatment, directing that the plea be listed in the regular monthly list for July 2026.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya refused the request for urgent listing after Senior Advocate Ayan Bhattacharjee...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 22 To June 28, 2026
No Trade Licence Needed To Register Partnership Firm Of Advocates Under Partnership Act: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Dr. Arjun Chowdhury v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 253The Calcutta High Court has held that a partnership firm constituted exclusively for carrying on the legal profession cannot be compelled to produce a trade licence as a precondition...
State Cannot Dissolve Municipality Without Fair Hearing: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Purulia Civic Board's Dissolution
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal Government's decision dissolving the Board of Councillors of the Purulia Municipality, holding that the action was vitiated by violation of the principles of natural justice as the State relied upon a District Magistrate's inquiry report without supplying it to the elected councillors.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury held that the State also...
Calcutta High Court Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage In Plea Challenging 5 AM Raid At Abhishek Banerjee's Residence
The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the preservation of CCTV footage from Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee's residence, along with all audio and video records in the custody of the police relating to the search and seizure operation conducted there in the early hours of June 13, while hearing a writ petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress challenging...
RG Kar Case | Calcutta High Court Expresses Dissatisfaction With SIT Probe, Directs Production Of Case Diary & Investigation Material
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) probe in the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case, observing that the investigation had not been taken to its "logical conclusion" despite specific directions issued earlier by the Court.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was considering...
'Duty to Disclose Brother's BJP Role,' Calcutta High Court Judge in Mamata Banerjee Election Petition, TMC Expresses Full Faith
While hearing former West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging the election of present CM Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday witnessed an unusual exchange after the presiding judge disclosed in open court that his elder brother serves as a national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata...
Attachment Of Accused's Property U/S 107 BNSS Requires Strict Judicial Scrutiny, Cannot Be Recovery Mechanism: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order attaching properties belonging to a woman who was not even named as an accused in a criminal case, while issuing significant guidelines on the exercise of powers under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee observed that indiscriminate use of the power to attach property under Section 107...
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Relief To Abhishek Banerjee Seeking To Travel Abroad For Medical Treatment
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to grant urgent relief to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who had sought the Court's permission to travel abroad for medical treatment on his eye, which had been operated earlier.Mentioning the matter before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, Banerjee's counsel submitted that the plea required urgent consideration as the Court had earlier...
Messi Fiasco: Calcutta High Court Adjourns Hearing On Challenge To Aroop Biswas' Interim Protection, Extends Relief Till July 2
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the challenge to the interim protection granted to former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas in connection with the alleged irregularities surrounding the 2025 Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium.A Division Bench presided by Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakroborty deferred the matter till July 2, 2026, while directing...
Calcutta HC Admits Mamata Banerjee's Election Petition Against Suvendu Adhikari's Win; Orders Preservation Of EVMs, VVPATs & CCTV Footage
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday admitted the election petition by former CM Mamata Banerjee, challenging the election of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency, holding that the petition discloses a valid cause of action and satisfies the requirements under the Representation of the People Act, 1951.Refusing to dismiss the petition at...