[Attack On ED In West Bengal] Calcutta HC Transfers Probe To CBI, Directs State To Immediately Handover Custody Of Shahjahan Sheikh

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday transferred an investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) pertaining to the assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers who had gone to Sandeshkhali, West Bengal to raid the residence of ration-scam accused Shahjahan Sheikh.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya set aside an earlier...

Calcutta High Court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay Resigns After Announcing His Plan To Join Politics

Calcutta High Court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay has sent his letter of resignation by post to President Droupadi Murmu, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, and Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam.He is likely to announce his future plans of transition into the realm of politics at 2 PM today, in a press conference scheduled to be held at his residence in Calcutta's Salt Lake.In...

Mere Silence Affecting Willingness Of Person To Enter Contract Not Fraud Unless It Amounts To Active Concealment: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the mere silence of a party affecting the willingness of a person to enter into a contract is not fraud unless the circumstances of the case are such that it is the duty of the person keeping silence to speak or unless the silence is in itself equivalent to speech.A single bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya referred to Section 17(2) of the...

Calcutta HC Modifies Judges' Roster, Cases Assigned To Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay Transferred To Different Bench

The Calcutta High Court has modified the roster of single-bench judges with effect from 5th March and transferred cases assigned to Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to the single bench of Justice Arindam Mukherjee.Earlier, in light of the controversy due to Justice Gangopadhyay ignoring a division bench's stay order, the Chief Justice had re-assigned cases on primary education from his bench to...

Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: February 2024

NOMINAL INDEXParesh Chandra Ganguly (represented by LRs) v CBI 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 32Nilanjan Mitra v The State of West Bengal & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 33West Bengal Board of Primary Education & ors.- Versus - Md. Rafique & anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 34ANIMESH BHATTACHARYA v THE BAR ASSOCIATION HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA AND ORS. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 35Suresh Dhanuka vs Shahnaz Husain...

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Plea To Transfer Investigation Against Shahjahan Sheikh To CBI

The Calcutta High Court on Monday was told by ASG SV Raju that the State police, which had arrested Shahjahan Sheikh-prime accused in the unrest in Sandeshkhali, was attempting to frustrate the investigation since they were in collusion with the accused.Counsel prayed that the investigation into the attacks on the ED officials at Sandeshkhali, be transferred to the Central Bureau of...

Calcutta HC Agrees To YouTuber Dhruv Rathee's Suggestion To Blur Dabur's 'Real' Trademark In Video, Parties To Explore Amicable Settlement

In a recent development in the ongoing legal battle between Dabur and Dhruv Rathee, Dhruv Rathee has proposed to blur images resembling Dabur's Real Juice packet in the video posted by him on his YouTube Channel.The proposal was put forth on February 29, 2024, during a hearing before Justice Arindam Mukherjee of the Calcutta High Court. This proposal echoes a similar suggestion made by him in...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 26th February-03rd March, 2024

NOMINAL INDEXCholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited. Vs. Uma Earth Movers and Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 54RKD Niraj JV vs The Union Of India 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 55Neeta Kumari v Union of India & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 56Praxair India Pvt. Ltd. v Steel Authority of India Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 57Afzal Khan @ Fazo and another v State of West Bengal and others 2024 LiveLaw...

Going To Resign As Judge, Would Like To Enter Political Arena: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay Tells Local News Outlet

In a remarkable development, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court has told local news outlet ABP Ananda in an exclusive interview that he plans on resigning from his post as judge on Tuesday, 5th March 2024.Justice Gangopadhyay in his interview with the Bengali news outlet has thanked the ruling dispensation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for repeatedly challenging him...

Addressing Unknown Lady As 'Darling' Is Patently Offensive, Amounts To Using Sexually Coloured Remark: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Port Blair has recently held that referring to an unknown lady as "darling" would be a criminal offence under Sections 354A and 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).A single bench of Justice Jay Sengupta upheld the conviction of the accused who had referred to a lady constable as 'darling' in an inebriated condition. It said:Addressing an unknown...

Calcutta High Court Allows Premature Release Of Prisoner Incarcerated For 23 Yrs, Says Refusal Would Amount To 'Social Crime'

The Calcutta High Court has recently ordered the release of a prisoner who had been incarcerated for more than 23 years upon being convicted of kidnapping a minor and being part of organized crime.Upon noting the reformed state of the prisoner after his prolonged incarceration, a single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya held:What the petitioner no. 1 did in his 20's at the time of...

[Sandeshkhali Violence] Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Listing For Bail Plea Upon Being Told Shahjahan Sheikh Had Been Arrested

'No sympathy for that person,' the bench remarked.