TET-Qualified Teacher Cannot Rely On Fake Marksheet To Secure Approval Of Appointment: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Abhishek Maity seeking a direction upon West Bengal State University to treat a purported 2014 post-review marksheet as genuine and to issue him a pass certificate accordingly. A Division Bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi Chatterjee upheld the Single Judge's refusal, holding that the marks claimed by the...

'Inability To Explain Death Inside Matrimonial Home Crucial': Calcutta High Court Upholds Life Sentence For Husband In Wife's Murder

The Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man found guilty of murdering his wife inside their matrimonial home, stressing that his complete failure to explain the circumstances of her death was a decisive factor in affirming guilt. The Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury noted that the incident...

'Alleged Offence Took Place On Road During School Hours, Absence Of Independent Witness Casts Doubt': Calcutta HC Sets Aside POCSO Conviction

"When the incident is alleged to have occurred on a public road during school hours, the absence of a single independent witness casts grave doubt on the prosecution case,” the Calcutta High Court observed while setting aside a conviction under Section 4 of the POCSO Act.The Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench acquitted a man sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 4 of the POCSO Act, holding...

Threats To Publish Intimate Photos Not 'Abetment': Calcutta High Court Affirms Acquittal In Man's 2015 Suicide Case

The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri has refused to overturn the 2019 acquittal of two men accused of abetting the suicide of a Jalpaiguri resident, holding that the prosecution failed to establish any proximate act of instigation, intentional aid, or continuous conduct linking the accused to the victim's death. The Court reiterated that past threats or strained...

Calcutta High Court Closes Defamation Case Against TV Show Which Called CESC 'Big Thief', Depicted Employees As Osama Bin Laden

The Calcutta High Court has accepted unconditional apologies from the makers and anchor of the investigative TV show Khoj Khabar in a 22-year-old defamation suit filed by CESC Limited, imposing only token damages and costs. The Court, presided over by Justice Krishna Rao, noted that the 2004 broadcasts had used highly inflammatory language—branding CESC as indulging in...

Calcutta High Court Upholds KMC's Power To Revise Property Valuation For Levying Property Tax In ₹11.24 Crore Dispute

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 3 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022, which expanded and retrospectively validated the Corporation's power to revise annual property valuation. Justice Gaurang Kanth held that the amendment—introduced to cure defects noticed in earlier litigation—falls squarely within the State...

Right To Adopt Cannot Be Defeated By Procedural Delay: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a prospective adoptive parent cannot be deprived of the right to adopt merely because the child crosses the statutory age limit during pendency of court proceedings, particularly when the delay is attributable to the judicial process itself. Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul), allowing a civil revision petition, set aside an order of the District Judge, Nadia,...

Mid-Session Fee Hike Cannot Apply To Already-Admitted Students: Calcutta High Court Quashes College's Demand Notice

The Calcutta High Court has held that a mid-session fee hike cannot be imposed on students who had already taken admission on the basis of a previously notified fee structure. A Division Bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Supratim Bhattacharya, while hearing three connected appeals filed by first-year B.Tech students of Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, set aside the...

Calcutta High Court Allows Vishva Hindu Parishad's Plea For Ram Navami Rally, Caps Participants At 500

The Calcutta High Court has permitted the Vishva Hindu Parishad to organise a Ram Navami rally in Howrah on March 26, 2026, allowing it to follow the same route as the previous year, while imposing a series of restrictions to ensure maintenance of public order.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing a writ petition filed by the Vishva Hindu Parishad seeking directions upon police authorities...

'ECI Cannot Act Arbitrarily Under Article 324': Calcutta HC Told In Plea Against Transfer Of 79 Top Cops, Bureaucrats Ahead Of State Polls

The Calcutta High Court on Monday heard a petition challenging the Election Commission of India's “unprecedented” transfer of senior bureaucrats in West Bengal following the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of Assembly elections.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the election notification was issued on March 15 at 3 PM,...

Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges 'Unprecedented' Transfers Of Bureaucrats In Bengal By ECI Ahead Of State Polls

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Calcutta High Court by advocate Arka Kumar Nag challenging a series of transfer orders issued by the Election Commission of India, which have resulted in a sweeping reshuffle of the administrative and police machinery in West Bengal ahead of the State Assembly elections. The matter is likely to be taken up for hearing on Monday.As per...

Mental Agony Of Prolonged Trial A Punishment Itself: Calcutta High Court Reduces Sentence In 2008 Assault Case

The Calcutta High Court upheld the conviction of an accused for causing grievous hurt under Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code, but reduced the sentence to the period already undergone, citing inordinate delay of nearly 17 years in the conclusion of proceedings and prolonged pendency of the appeal.The appeal arose from a 2010 judgment of a Sessions Court in Howrah convicting the appellant...