Adani Wilmar Eligible For Sanction Of Incentives Under West Bengal State Support For Industries Scheme, 2008 Post GST: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that Adani Wilmar is eligible for sanction of incentives under the West Bengal State Support for Industries Scheme, 2008, post GST.The bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has directed the respondent department to disburse the balance amount of the claim of Rs. 4070 lakhs under the West Bengal State Support for Industries Scheme, 2008, in favor of...

Supplementary SCN Although Termed As Supplementary, Is Actually Independent SCN Even Though It Relates To Smuggling: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the supplementary show cause notice, although termed the supplementary, is actually an independent show cause notice even though it relates to the case of smuggling.The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya has observed that no order confiscating any goods or imposing any penalty on any person shall be made under...

Calcutta High Court Tells ED, CBI To Increase Conviction Rates In Corruption Cases, Follow Examples Of Japan & Singapore

The Calcutta High Court has asked agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to increase the rates of convictions in corruption cases to close to 100% and follow the lead of developed countries such as Japan and Singapore, whose conviction rate in corruption cases was around 80% to enable the country to become corruption free.A division...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up, 04th March-10th March 2024

NOMINAL INDEXSRMB Srijan Limited v Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 61ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE, KOLKATA ZONAL OFFICE I v STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 62Arpita Chowdhury v. Nabadwip Municipality & Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 63 Monoyara Begum v Union of India 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 64Orders/JudgementsMere Silence Affecting Willingness Of Person To...

PUCL Intervenes In Calcutta HC Proceedings Over In-Human Prison Conditions, Seeks Study Into Condition Of Women, Children & Transgender Persons In WB Prisons

The People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has intervened in a plea before the Calcutta High Court regarding the condition of prisons in West Bengal, intending to improve living conditions for prisoners.While the matter has been an ongoing public interest litigation since 2017, the issue came to the fore when a lawyer mentioned a plea pertaining to the pregnancies of female prisoners and...

Right To Life & Equality Are Implicit Human Rights, Not Restricted To Citizens: Calcutta HC Orders Release Of Pakistani Man Imprisoned Despite Serving Sentence

The Calcutta High Court has recently ordered the release of a Pakistani national who remained in prison, even after serving the full length of their sentence under the Foreigners Act, 1946.A single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya observed: Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India are [not] restricted to Indian citizens, but are available to any person on the soil of India. In...

[Aadhaar Regulations] Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges Constitutional Validity Of Provision Over Sudden Deactivation Of Aadhaar Cards

A plea in Calcutta High Court has challenged the Constitutional validity of Regulation 28A of the Aadhaar Regulations, in light of the sudden deactivation of the Aadhaar Cards of certain citizens.The plea was heard by a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya.It was submitted by the petitioners that there were several affected residents whose Aadhar...

Calcutta HC Grants Interim Relief To Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury In Case Over Allegedly Spreading False Rumors About Attack On Rahul Gandhi's Convoy

The Calcutta High Court has granted interim relief to Congress State President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in FIRs registered against him under Sections 153A (promoting enmity), 505(1)(b) and 505 (2) of the IPC. It was alleged that during Rahul Gandhi's yatra from Manipur to the West, the rear windshield of the leader had been damaged and that the petitioner had been spreading rumors that the...

[Sandeshkhali] Shahjahan Sheikh Was An Elected Representative, Should He Not Be Removed From Office? Calcutta High Court Enquires

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday took up the suo moto motion on the alleged sexual assault on women and land grabbing of tribals which took place in Sandeshkhali at the behest of prime accused Shahjahan Sheikh, a former member of the ruling TMC party, and elected Pradhan of the concerned Zilla Parishad. Earlier, a division bench presided over by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam had directed...

Handover Shahjahan Sheikh To CBI: Calcutta High Court Tells West Bengal Govt

The Calcutta High Court today told the State government to immediately hand over Shahjahan Sheikh, prime accused in the attacks which occurred on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, to the CBI.Yesterday Live Law had reported on an order by a division bench presided over by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, which directed for the investigation into the attacks on ED officials to be handed over to the...

Calcutta High Court Allows Rectification Of Child's Birth Certificate To Replace Biological Father's Surname With Step-Father's Surname

The Calcutta High Court has recently allowed a plea moved by the mother of a minor child to replace the biological father's surname in the child's birth certificate with the name of the step-father.It was submitted that the child was born from her first marriage and that after the dissolution of that marriage, she remarried and moved out of the marital house to live with her present husband,...

Attack On ED Officials Was Unprecedented; State Police Underplayed Situation & Tried To Shield Accused Shahjahan Sheikh: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently set aside a single bench order which constituted an SIT consisting of CBI and state police officials to probe the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali, whilst they were en route to the raid the residence of ration-scam accused Shahjahan Sheikh.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya transferred the probe entirely...