Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On TMC's Plea For Interim Relief Against ED's Freeze On Bank Accounts

The Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved orders on an interim plea filed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) decision to freeze the party's bank accounts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, assisted by Advocate Nizam Pasha, appearing for the TMC, argued that the freezing of a...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Termination Of Probationary CISF Constable For Suppressing Criminal Cases In Attestation Form

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the termination of a probationary Constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for suppressing his involvement in pending criminal cases while filling up his attestation form, holding that the concealment of criminal antecedents justified termination under the CISF Rules without holding a departmental enquiry.A Division Bench of Justice...

Empty Berths Sold "Like Vegetables In A Market" By Ticket Checkers: Calcutta High Court In Train Murder-Robbery Case

The Calcutta High Court has come down heavily on the functioning of Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs), observing that the practice of illegally allotting vacant berths to unreserved passengers for money is the primary reason behind several drugging-and-robbery incidents on trains. The Court remarked that TTEs "sell empty berths in trains like vegetables in a market" and directed that a copy...

Mamata Banerjee-Led Trinamool Congress Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking To Hold Martyr's Day Rally On July 21

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to hold its annual July 21 Martyrs' Day rally at Victoria House in central Kolkata after the Kolkata Police declined permission for the proposed venue.The matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya on Monday by Senior Advocate and Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, who sought...

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Dowry Case, Says Woman Can File Complaint From Parent's Home If Cruelty Persists

The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a husband and his family members in a dowry harassment and matrimonial cruelty case, holding that a woman who leaves her matrimonial home can initiate proceedings from the place where she takes shelter if the effects of cruelty continue there. The Court further held that withdrawal of proceedings under the Protection...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Termination Of Road Contract, Says State Decided To Foreclose Project After Admitting Flood Damage

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal government's decision terminating the contract of a road construction contractor, holding that the authorities acted arbitrarily by disregarding their own earlier decision to foreclose the contract after acknowledging that the damage to the project had been caused by severe flooding and not by any fault of the contractor.Allowing the...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Former Mead Johnson MD Over Alleged Insect Found In Baby Food

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against the former Managing Director of Mead Johnson India in a case arising out of allegations that a sealed container of Enfamil A+ Stage 3 baby food purchased from a Kolkata medical store contained a live insect and that the product was sub-standard and unsafe.Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) held that the prosecution against...

Joint Settlement Of Liquor Licence Permissible Where Multiple Heirs Are Willing And Eligible: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the joint settlement of a country spirit shop licence in favour of two grandsons of the original deceased licensee, holding that Rule 14(6) of the West Bengal Excise (Selection of New Sites and Grant of Licence for Retail Sale of Liquor and Certain Other Intoxicant) Rules, 2003 expressly permits grant of licence to "one or more" heirs or representatives....

Punjab National Bank Liable To Compensate Farmers After Crop Insurance Failed Due To Its Negligence: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the Punjab National Bank (PNB) is liable to compensate a group of farmers who were deprived of benefits under the West Bengal Government's Bangla Shasya Bima (BSB) crop insurance scheme after the bank failed to complete the mandatory process for issuance of insurance policies. The Court held that the bank's failure to upload the particulars of insured...

Calcutta High Court Directs TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee To Provide Voice Sample In 'DJ Remark' Case, Asks Police To Prevent Egg-Pelting

The Calcutta High Court on Friday came down heavily on Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee while hearing his plea seeking exemption from recording his voice sample in the DJ remark case, observing that its earlier order granting him interim protection was expressly conditional upon his cooperation with the investigation.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya questioned why Banerjee had not...

Calcutta High Court Adjourns TMC Leader Sujit Bose's Bail Plea In ED Case Till July 14

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of Trinamool Congress leader Sujit Bose's bail plea in connection with an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case till July 14, as court proceedings remained affected by a resolution of the High Court Bar Association condoling the death of an advocate.The matter was listed before Justice Jay Sengupta. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu...

Calcutta High Court Allows TMC To Incur Daily Expenses From Three Frozen Bank Accounts Under Supervision Of Special Officer

Court said it was unable to find material justifying the "hurried" freezing of accounts by the police, and clarified that the TMC-rebel faction would not be able to approach the special officer till a decision is taken by the ECI.