Calcutta High Court Partially Stays Centre's Notification Banning Certain "Dangerous & Ferocious" Dog Breeds

The Calcutta High Court has partially stayed a notification passed by the Union Government on 12th March 2024, by which it prohibited the import, breeding, and selling as pet dogs of around 23 dog breeds.The notification also directed the local authorities to not issue any licenses for keeping or breeding the aforesaid dog breeds and to sterilise dogs who had already been kept as pets to...

Justice Is All About Humanity & Compassion: Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya Bids Farewell To Calcutta High Court

On Wednesday, the Calcutta High Court bid farewell to Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya who was transferred to Telangana High Court after the Supreme Court Collegium accepted her request for transfer.The ceremony was presided over by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam who said:I have always believed that it is that the bar who can verify the performance of the judge and I am sure she will be an asset to...

"Let Lives Be Saved": Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Matters On Demolition Of Illegal Constructions In Wake Of Fatal Building Collapse

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined indulgence to matters pertaining to orders of demolition passed over allegedly illegal constructions.A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha declined to urgently list pleas concerning demolition orders in the wake of the collapse of an illegally constructed building, in Kolkata's Garden Reach area, leading to at least five deaths from debris falling...

[Garden Reach Building Collapse] Plea In Calcutta HC Challenges Unauthorised Constructions In Area, Seeks Court's Intervention In 'Stage-Managed' Inquiry

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday heard the mentioning of a plea pertaining to the collapse of an illegally constructed five-storey building in Kolkata's Garden Reach area, leading to the deaths of more than five people, and injury caused to many others living in the shanties nearby.The plea was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Calcutta HC Judge Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya To Telangana High Court

The Central Government has today, notified the transfer of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya of Calcutta High Court to Telangana High Court."In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Smt. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya, Judge, High Court of Calcutta, as a...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 11th-17th March 2024

NOMINAL INDEXProactive Ship Management Private Limited. vs. The Owners and Parties Interested in the Vessel Green Ocean 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 65Commissioner Of Customs (Port), Kolkata Versus M/S. Sandeep Kumar Dikshit 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 66Adani Wilmar Limited and another Vs. The State of West Bengal and others 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 67PCIT vs ITC INFOTECH INDIA LIMITED 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 68S.12...

Calcutta High Court Expresses 'Anguish' Over Kolkata Police Commissioner's Failure To Submit Report In Contempt Case, Directs Virtual Presence

The Calcutta High Court has expressed anguish over the conduct of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal who failed to submit a report in a contempt case against him.A single bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed Goyal to be personally present in virtual mode at the next hearing.It was held that the alleged contemnor had not submitted a report as directed but instead, a report had...

"Candidates Getting Frustrated": Calcutta HC Suggests Conducting Pending Interviews For 2022 Civil Judge Recruitment By HC Judges As One-Time Measure

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday suggested Advocate General Kishore Datta to look into the possibility of the High Court conducting pending interviews for candidates who participated in the WB Civil Judge's recruitment 2022 but had not yet been called for their viva.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya observed that the Public Service...

'Mishti Doi, Aloo Posto Intextricable Parts Of Bengal's Culture As Are Public Rallies & Meetings': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently observed that public rallies and meetings are as inextricable from Bengal's culture as delicacies such as mishti doi (sweet curd), aloo posto, and luchi (Indian bread).A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya while allowing a rally by government employees voicing concerns regarding their dearness allowance (DA)...

Tested Party Normally Should Be Least Complex Party To Controlled Transaction, Reiterates Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court reiterated that the selection of the tested party is to further the object of the comparability analysis by making it less complex and requiring fewer adjustment.The Division Bench comprising Justice T.S Sivagnanam and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya observed that “the tested party normally should be the least complex party to the controlled transaction and there is no...

Calcutta High Court Declines Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Ration-Scam Accused Shahjahan Sheikh

The Calcutta High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former TMC 'strongman' Shahjahan Sheikh in connection with the multi-crore public distribution system/ration scam in West Bengal.Notably, Sheikh's recent rise to infamy came due to the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials who were en route to raid his residence in Sandeshkhali in connection with the ration scam....

S.12 A Commercial Courts Act | Allowing Suit To Remain In Records On Contingency That Urgency May Arise Later, Patently Contradictory: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has held that when pleading urgency under Section 12 A of the Commercial Courts Act, allowing the suit to remain in records on a contingency of urgency which may arise at a later date, is patently contradictory. A single bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya held:The words used in section 12-A makes it clear that the contemplation of urgency begins and ends at the...