'West Bengal Is A Very Tolerant Society': High Court On Plea Seeking To Stop Protest Near State Secretariat Due To 'Gangasagar Mela'

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disposed of a plea which sought to prevent a protest near the state secretariat against the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The petitioner claimed that he was an authorised representative of the committee who organise the annual Gangasagar Mela, and that pilgrims after completing their visit to Gangasagar...

Calcutta High Court Orders Compensation Over Pregnant Lady's Death Due To 'Contaminated Saline', State Hands Probe To CID

The Calcutta High Court has directed the state of West Bengal to provide compensation to the family of a pregnant lady who had died due to being given allegedly contaminated saline at a government hospital. Four other pregnant women were reportedly in intensive care after being administered the same solution.These observations were made by a division bench comprising Chief Justice TS...

Calcutta High Court Directs Release Of Prisoner Left 'Languishing' In Jail After Dept Failed To Find His File For Premature Release

The Calcutta High Court has directed the release of a prisoner who was left languishing in jail after the authorities were unable to find the proper paperwork to allow for his premature release, which had been earlier granted.Justice Shampa Sarkar said: The Judicial Department is unable to locate the file and the applicant No.1 is languishing in the correctional home despite an...

'No Money For Purchase Of Paper In District Courts': Calcutta High Court Raps State Over Lack Of Sanctioned Funds

On Tuesday, Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam pulled up the state government over the lack of funds being sanctioned to district courts for their everyday functioning.While hearing a matter on the restoration of Kolkata's tram system, the division bench also comprising Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya was told that the Consul General of India had requested for two trams from Kolkata...

'Part Of Cultural Heritage': Calcutta High Court Directs Restoration Of Tram Tracks Which Were Illegally Bituminised

The Calcutta High Court has directed the restoration of tram tracks which were illegally bituminised in Kolkata upon observing that the tram system forms part of the city's cultural heritage.A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya recalled an earlier order which set up a committee comprising conservationists, activists and experts in order...

Calcutta High Court Takes Exception To Lack Of Decorum Among Certain Lawyers Appearing Online, Supsends Facility

On Tuesday, Calcutta High Court judge Justice Tirthankar Ghosh remarked that he had suspended the appearance of advocates over video-conferencing (VC) in his court, due to a lack of decorum and 'ill-behaviour.' "Virtual I have suspended because of the ill-behaviour of the advocates. I have stopped that...nobody is taking care. Buses going on, other person shouting. People are doing matters...

Calcutta High Court Annual Digest: Part-III [Citations: 200-294]

RG Kar Rape-Murder: Why Did Calcutta High Court Allow Protestors To March To West Bengal's State Secretariat "Nabanna"Case: Debranjan Banerjee Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 200The Calcutta High Court on 23rd August, declined to issue prohibitory orders to prevent student organisations from marching towards the State's Secretariat in Nabanna, to...

Service Tax Liability Cannot Be Fastened On Implementation Of Govt Projects: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that construction of canals/ pipelines/ conduits to support irrigation, water supply or for sewerage disposal, when provided to the Government, cannot be exigible to service tax. A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya relied on two Circulars issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs...

Alimony Must Be Commensurate With Status Of Spouses, Wife's Meagre Financial Requirements No Grounds To Restrict Amount: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the alimony sought for and granted to a spouse must be commensurate with the actual status and necessities of the spouses and merely because the wife had meagre financial means would not be a justification to restrict the amount granted.A division bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Uday Kumar held:In the present case, if we go by the monthly...

[Arbitration Act] Section 8 Application Must Be Filed Before Or Simultaneously With Written Statement: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Subhendu Samanta held that when no application for reference to arbitration under Section 8 of the Arbitration Act is made by either party, the civil court may very well entertain the suit and proceed with the adjudication of the same on merits in accordance with law. Also, the court held that the...

Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks Probe Into Death Of Patient Due To Supply Of Allegedly 'Contaminated Saline'

A public interest litigation has been mentioned in the Calcutta High Court regarding the supply of 'contaminated saline' to hospitals in the State.The matter will be taken up by a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya.Counsel for the petitioners stated that on 22nd March 2024, the government of Karnataka had flagged a company for giving...

Calcutta High Court Declines APDR's Plea Challenging Denial Of Permission To Put Up Stall At 2025 International Book Fair

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea by the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) challenging the decision by the Editors and Publishers Guild, denying them permission to put up a stall at the 2025 Kolkata Book Fair.Justice Amrita Sinha held that a writ challenge would not be maintainable against the Guild, which was a private body.The petitioners stated that they...