Furnishing Of Wrong Information For Securing A Job Amounts To Fraud Upon The Employer: Calcutta High Court

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen while deciding a writ petition in the case of Ram Asheesh Yadav v. Union of India has held each candidate selected for the post of Constable in RPF must be free from all vices, possess a sense of sufficient responsibility, and be truthful, dutiful, vigilant as well as honest. Therefore, the furnishing...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 1st-7th April 2024

NOMINAL INDEXM/s Fullerton India Credit Company Limited vs Ms Manju Khati 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 79United Machinery & Appliances v. Greaves Cotton Limited 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 80Certified Copy Of Original Arbitration Agreement Attested By 'Notary Public' Is Sufficient Under S. 8(2) Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta High CourtCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 79Case Title: M/s Fullerton India Credit...

Shameful Even If 1% Of Claims Found To Be True; State Owes Moral Responsibility: Calcutta High Court On Sandeshkhali

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in various pleas seeking a probe into the alleged instances of violence against women and land grabbing which had occurred in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal under the watch of former Pradhan Shahjahan Sheikh, and his workers.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya were considering public...

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Pleas Seeking Probe Into Allegations Of Sexual Violence, Land Grabbing

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in various pleas seeking a probe into the alleged instances of violence against women and land grabbing which had occurred in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal under the watch of former Pradhan Shahjahan Sheikh, and his workers.Earlier, the Court had directed the investigation into the attack on ED officials allegedly at the behest of...

[Cash For Jobs Scam] High Court Raps Bengal Chief Secy Over Delay In Sanctioning Prosecution Of State Officials

The Calcutta High Court has hauled up Bengal's Chief Secretary for not submitting a report on the time required for him to decide over the grant of sanction to prosecute government officials who are being probed in connection with the multi-tier recruitment cash-for-jobs scam. Upon being told that the report which had been called for by the Court on an earlier occasion had not yet been...

Cognizance Taken By Magistrate For Cheating And Forgery , Calcutta High Court Refuse To Refer Parties To Arbitration

The High Court of Calcutta has dismissed an application filed under Section 8 of the A&C Act by observing that the allegations of fraud and forgery would be serious in nature when the cognizance of the same is take by the magistrate. The bench of Justice Krishna Rao relied on the judgment of the Supreme Court in A. Ayyasamy vs. A. Paramasiva, (2016) 10 SCC 386 and Rashid Raza...

Certified Copy Of Original Arbitration Agreement Attested By 'Notary Public' Is Sufficient Under S. 8(2) Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court single bench of Justice Prasenjit Biswas held that a certified copy of the original agreement 'attested by a Notary Public' is sufficient to meet the requirement of Section 8(2) of the Arbitration Act. Once filed, the courts must refer the parties to arbitration. Section 8(2) of the Arbitration Act provides, “The application referred to in sub-section...

Calcutta High Court Quarterly Digest: January 2024-March 2024 [Citations 1-78]

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 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 4MINATI BHADRA & ORS. v DILIP KR. BHADRA...

Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: March 2024 [Citations 60-78]

NOMINAL INDEXJanak Ram v State 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 60SRMB Srijan Limited v Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 61 ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE, KOLKATA ZONAL OFFICE I v STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 62 Arpita Chowdhury v. Nabadwip Municipality & Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 63 Monoyara Begum v Union of India 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 64Proactive Ship...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 25th March-31st March 2024

NOMINAL INDEXOdisha Power Generation Corporation Limited Vs. M/s. Techniche Consulting Service and Others 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 74Dipanwita Das (Sarkar) Vs. Moloy Das 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 75Dr Pranat Tudu v State of West Bengal 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 76Reshmi Bhagat Vs. State of West Bengal and others 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 77Tree House Education And Accessories Ltd. Versus Holy Trust School 2024...

Arbitration Act | When Parties Engage In Constant Communication, Unjust To Dismiss Claim Solely On Grounds Of Being Time-Barred: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court single bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya held that it would be an unnatural construction of Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 where a party with a bona fide and a genuine claim is left in the lurch on the defence of the claim being barred by limitation. It held that when parties engage in constant communication for the settlement of...

Objective Of Public Examinations Can't Be Construed To Be So Restrictive As To Be Cruel To Candidates: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the object of a public examination cannot be construed in such a restrictive manner which would make it cruel to the candidates. A single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya held:The object of a public examination cannot by any means be construed to be so restrictive as to be cruel on the candidates, particularly for brilliant people like...