Calcutta High Court
'Right To Live In Matrimonial Home': Calcutta HC Directs Police To Escort Disabled Woman Back Home After Husband Refuses To Take Her
The Calcutta High Court has refused to entertain an appeal filed by a husband, against a single bench order, seeking to avoid taking back his medically incapacitated wife from a private hospital, observing that the plea was nothing but an attempt to “abandon her” and evade his “moral, humanitarian and legal obligations”.A division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Ajay...
“Hospital Is Not A Shelter Home”: Calcutta High Court Orders Husband To Take Home Accident-Survivor Wife After 4 Years
The Calcutta High Court recently directed a man to take home his wife, who had been admitted to Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals Limited since September 2021 following a road accident, after a medical board found that she no longer required indoor hospitalization and could be cared for at home with trained paramedical assistance.Justice Krishna Rao observed that the case arose in...
Hindu Woman Married Under Muslim Rites Entitled To Interim Maintenance Till Marriage Declared Void: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that a Muslim man cannot evade payment of maintenance to a Hindu woman who married him after allegedly converting to Islam merely by disputing the validity of the marriage, so long as the marriage has not been declared void by a competent court.Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das restored an interim maintenance order in favour of a woman and her minor son,...
Calcutta High Court Dismisses Plea Against WB Judiciary Exam Notifications Over Violation Of 3-Year Practice Requirement
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the recruitment notifications issued for the West Bengal Judicial Service Examinations, 2023 and 2024, which allegedly omitted the mandatory requirement of three years' practice as an Advocate for entry-level judicial posts.While refusing to interfere with the ongoing recruitment process, the Court directed the authorities...
CPI-ML Moves Calcutta HC Against Bengal Govt's Enforcement Of 1950 Animal Slaughter Law, Calls It Attempt To Curb 'Ritualistic Sacrifice'
The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation West Bengal unit has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking urgent judicial intervention against the state BJP Government's move to invoke the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, to allegedly impose restrictions on ritual livestock sacrifice.The plea is set to come up for hearing before a division bench of Chief Justice...
RG Kar Case: Calcutta High Court To Examine Scope For Further Probe On Victim's Family's Plea
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday heard a petition filed by the family of the RG Kar rape and murder victim, with a Division Bench observing that it would first examine whether there remains any scope for further investigation in the case before proceeding further.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed that the matter be listed again on May 21 for...
Calcutta HC Declines Urgent Relief To RG Kar Victim's Neighbour Over Alleged Vandalism At His House After Poll Results
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined to grant urgent leave to a person claiming to be a neighbour of the RG Kar rape-murder victim “Abhaya” and a prosecution witness in the case, who alleged that his house was being vandalised following the election results.Mentioning the matter before the Court, counsel submitted: “Milord, I am mentioning an urgent matter. I am the neighbour of...
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Moves Calcutta High Court To Quash FIR Over Allegedly Objectionable Remarks At Poll Rally
Trinamool Congress national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him over allegedly objectionable remarks made against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during an election rally.The petition is likely to come up for hearing before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya this week.According to the plea, the FIR...
WB Polls: TMC Candidate Jahangir Khan Moves Calcutta High Court Against Criminal Cases Filed Against Him Before Falta Re-Poll
The Calcutta High Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea moved by a contesting candidate from the Falta Assembly constituency seeking disclosure of all FIRs registered against him and protection from coercive action ahead of the re-poll scheduled on May 21.Former Advocate General and senior advocate Kishore Datta mentioned the matter before a bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, submitting...
“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...