Calcutta High Court Seeks List Of Cases Registered Against TMC Leader Abhishek Banerjee's PA Sumit Roy

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal Police to furnish details of all FIRs registered against Sumit Roy, Personal Secretary of Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, while directing that his plea be taken up on September 10.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya directed the Police to submit a written report indicating the total...

Calcutta High Court Stays Arrest Warrant Against TMC MP Mahua Moitra In Hate Speech Case

The Calcutta High Court on Monday stayed the arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra by a Krishnanagar court in connection with an alleged hate speech case.A Division Bench comprising Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Aryak Dutta directed that no coercive action be taken against Moitra pursuant to the warrant. The High Court is scheduled to hear her challenge to...

FCRA License Renewal Cannot Be Refused Without Hearing When Central Govt Undertakes Enquiry: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the principles of natural justice are “in built” into the renewal process under Section 16 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA), and that an FCRA-registered organisation must be given notice and an opportunity to present its case where the Central Government undertakes an enquiry before refusing renewal. Justice Aniruddha Roy...

Calcutta High Court Disposes Of Abhishek Banerjee's Plea After HDFC Bank Reactivates Account

The Calcutta High Court on Monday disposed of a plea filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee concerning the reactivation of his bank account, after HDFC Bank informed the Court that the account had been reactivated.The matter was heard by Justice Krishna Rao.Appearing for Banerjee, Senior Advocate Ayan Bhattacharjee requested that nominal costs be imposed in view of the...

'Living Together As Spouses' On Certain Occasions After Separation Doesn't Condone Cruelty: Calcutta High Court Upholds Divorce

The Calcutta High Court has held that stray instances of spouses living together after separation do not, by themselves, amount to condonation of matrimonial cruelty, particularly where the subsequent conduct of the offending spouse shows that the cruelty was repeated.A Division Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya made the observation while upholding...

Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Plea Flagging Violence At Jadavpur University Between ABVP & FETSU Students

The Calcutta High Court has declined an urgent hearing on a plea seeking immediate judicial intervention to restore law and order at Jadavpur University amid the ongoing unrest on the campus.The development comes amid clashes at Jadavpur University between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and students belonging to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students'...

Lawyer Accused Of Colluding With Judge's Secretary For TMC Leader's Case Records Opposes Claims, Requests Calcutta HC To Preserve CCTV

Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Suvra Ghosh had yesterday recused from hearing former TMC minister Sujit Bose's bail plea, after alleging that an advocate for the petitioner had made contact with her private secretary to access the case records in her chambers.Advocate Mousumi Bhowal, who was appearing as the Advocate-on-Record for Sujit Bose in the bail proceedings before the Calcutta...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Order Directing State To Intervene In Ramakrishna Vedanta Math After Allegations Of Relics Being Neglected

The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri has set aside an order directing the District Magistrate, Darjeeling to convene a meeting and consider measures for preservation and maintenance of relics and articles kept at a Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, after a petitioner alleged that sacred relics associated with Swami Abhedananda were being kept in a neglected and unsafe...

Calcutta High Court Judge Recuses From Sujit Bose's Bail Plea After Counsel Tried To Access Case Record With Her Secretary's Help

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Suvra Ghosh has recused herself from hearing a bail application filed by former West Bengal minster Sujit Bose after the Judge alleged that one of the counsel appearing for Bose, along with the Judge's private secretary, attempted to access the case record from the Judge's chamber after the matter had been reserved for judgment.The matter concerns an...

Calcutta High Court Directs SIR Tribunal To Expeditiously Decide Plea Of Saudi Resident Unable To Renew Passport Over Voter List Deletion

The Calcutta High Court has directed the SIR Appellate Tribunal to decide within two weeks, an appeal challenging the deletion of a petitioner's name from the electoral roll, after the deletion allegedly came in the way of renewal of his passport.The petitioner, who is employed as a driver in Saudi Arabia, approached the High Court stating that his passport is due to expire in 2026 and that...

MBBS Student Denied Passport Over Mother's Name Deletion From Voter List: Calcutta High Court Directs SIR Tribunal To Decide In 2 Weeks

The Calcutta High Court has directed the concerned SIR Appellate Tribunal to decide within two weeks an appeal challenging the deletion of the petitioner's mother's name from the electoral roll, after the issue allegedly came in the way of the petitioner's passport application.The petitioner, who has secured admission to an MBBS course at a medical college in Bangladesh, approached the High...

Union Of India Being A 'Model Employer' Cannot Violate Equality In Public Employment: Calcutta HC

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee and A.C.J. Tapabrata Chakraborty held that regularization of ad hoc employees must be granted uniformly to all similarly situated individuals, and cannot be denied on the grounds of precedent being in personam when the facts and circumstances are identical. Background Facts The...