Right To Privacy Of Biological Parent Prevails Over Right Of Adopted Child To Conduct 'Root Search': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the right to privacy of a biological parent, especially an unwed mother who gave up her child for adoption and subsequently went untraceable, would prevail over the right of the child to conduct a 'root search' to trace his origins.A single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya declined a Swiss citizen's plea to trace his biological origins...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up January 01 To January 07, 2024

NOMINAL INDEXBerger Paints India Limited v JSW Paints Private Limited 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 1Gopal Ranjan Bandopadhyay @ Gopal Ranjan Banerjee v Smt. Manidipa Banerjee (Talukdar) 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 2Poulami Biswas v Shamik Biswas 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 3State of West Bengal & Ors. v Achinta Roy @ Achinta Kumar Roy Ghatak Choudhury 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 4MINATI BHADRA & ORS. v DILIP KR. BHADRA...

100% EOU Procuring Excise Duty Paid Tea Entitled For Drawback: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that 100% Export Oriented Unit (EOU) which has procured bulk tea from the manufacturer and excise duty is entitled to avail the benefit of drawback.The bench of Justice Md. Nizamuddin has observed that the petitioner has procured excise duty-paid tea in respect of the subject shipping bills. The sample invoices and shipping bills clearly show duty was paid...

Calcutta High Court Declines Swiss Citizen's Plea Against Adoption Agency Which Failed To Preserve His Adoption Records From 1988

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition by a Swiss citizen, who was adopted in the year 1988, against the Specialised Adoption Agency through which he was given for adoption. Petitioner argued that after coming of age, he began a 'search for his roots' and wanted to retrace his pre-adoptive links, but due to the failure of the respondent authorities to preserve its records...

Calcutta High Court Imposes 10K Costs On Man Who Claimed His Wife Had Gone Missing After 'Dumping' Her & Their Child At Her Parents' House

The Calcutta High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on a man who claimed that his wife had gone missing and was having an illicit affair after himself 'dumping her' and their minor child at his in-laws' house.A single bench of Justice Jay Sengupta held:The categorical stand taken by the petitioner in the writ petition and before the police authorities about going missing of his wife is...

Calcutta High Court Lays Down Guidelines For Suvendu Adhikari's Visit To Pay Homage To Martyrs Of The '2011 Netai Massacre'

The Calcutta High Court has laid down guidelines for Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari's visit to Netai village in order to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the 2011 Netai massacre.The Court issued these guidelines in a plea seeking directions on the State authorities to allow the LOP and his associates to visit the village and to garland the Shahid Bedi on 7th January...

Calcutta High Court Taxation Law Digest 2023

ORDERS/JUDGEMENTS1. Tribunal Being Fact-Finding Body, Unless Perversity Shown, High Court Can't Interfere: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: PCIT Versus Britannia Industries Ltd.Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 3The Calcutta High Court has held that unless and until the order passed by the Tribunal suffers from any perversity or ignores any vital fact in an appeal under Section 260A of the Income...

Calcutta HC Allows CISF Constable To Apply For Review Of Premature Retirement Order Imposed For Avoiding Transfers To Be With Specially Abled Child

The Calcutta High Court has come to the aid of a CISF Constable who had been prematurely retired by the Senior Commandant of his unit/DIG for refusing transfers to locations away from Kolkata, with leave of the High Court, to stay with his daughter who has special needs. In allowing the petitioner to place his case before the Review Board for reconsideration of his order of premature...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of One Judicial Officer As Calcutta HC Judge

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Smt. Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), Judicial Officer, for appointment as Judge of the High Court at Calcutta.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR Gavai approved the recommendation made by the High Court collegium in September last year.The Collegium noted that the Chief Minister...

70 Important Judgements Of Calcutta High Court In 2023

ORDERS/JUDGEMENTS1. 'Depressed' CCL Dies By Suicide In JJ Home, 'Incident Unsettled Us To The Core': Calcutta HC Seeks Accountability Of AuthoritiesCase title - Labu Islam vs. State of West BengalCase Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 7The Calcutta High Court took note of an incident wherein a child in conflict with law (CCL), whose bail plea was pending before the High Court in connection with...

Suspend Their Permits: Calcutta HC Directs Inspection Of Buses Plying Through Esplanade To Check For Repeated Violation Of Permit Conditions

The Calcutta High Court has directed the State's Transport Department and police authorities to conduct inspections on all buses entering the city's Central Business District (CBD) in the Esplanade-Central Bus Terminus Area, to check for alleged repeated violations of permit conditions. These observations came in a plea alleging that pursuant to an earlier order of the Court, the State had...

Calcutta High Court Calls For Report By SSKM Hospital In Plea Alleging Its Use As 'Shelter' By Recruitment Scam Accused To Stall ED Probe

The Calcutta High Court has called for a report from the Director of IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, detailing the health condition, duration of admission, and the facilities availed by high-profile accused in the Recruitment Scam including Sujoy Krishna Bhadra, who was alleged to have been admitted to the hospital for months on end in order to stall the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation....