Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 29 To July 05, 2026

State Cannot Dissolve Municipality Without Fair Hearing: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Purulia Civic Board's DissolutionCase Title: Rabishankar Das v. State of West Bengal & Ors. with Nabendu Mahali v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 257The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal Government's decision dissolving the Board of Councillors of the...

"Public Parading Of Accused Impermissible, Infringes Human Rights": Calcutta High Court Orally Remarks

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday observed that the public parading of an accused by the police is "impermissible" and "infringes human rights", while hearing a plea filed by TMC leader Soukat Molla challenging his alleged public parading during the course of investigation.Appearing for Molla, Senior Advocate Kishore Datta argued that a disturbing practice had developed whereby accused...

Wife's Claim To Share In Ancestral Property Can Constitute Dowry Demand If Made Under Husband's Pressure: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that although a woman is legally entitled to claim her share in ancestral property, such a demand may amount to a dowry demand under Section 304B of the IPC if it is made under continuous pressure and coercion from her husband.A Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha Ray upheld the conviction of a husband for dowry death...

Railways Can't Deny Accident Compensation Merely By Disputing Recovery Of Deceased's Ticket: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a railway accident compensation claim cannot be rejected merely because the Railways dispute the recovery of a journey ticket, particularly when the police investigation records its seizure from the deceased and the claimants have discharged their initial burden of establishing that the victim was a bona fide passenger.Allowing an appeal against the...

Calcutta High Court Upholds SBI's Mandatory Learning Rule, Says Officers Cannot Claim Allowances Without Updating Skills To Prevent Cyber Fraud

Observing that "in today's world, where cyber fraud interferes with the lives of individuals on a regular basis, the least that is expected from a bank is to ensure that adequate steps are taken to protect the account holders," the Calcutta High Court upheld the State Bank of India's policy linking reimbursement of officers' allowances to completion of mandatory learning courses.The Court...

Mere Aadhaar Cards Showing Address Cannot Prove Occupation Under Public Premises Act: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Halt Demolition

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the proposed demolition of residential quarters at Brook Lane, Garden Reach, holding that the petitioners failed to establish either their occupation of the premises or any authority to remain there.Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held that the procedural safeguards under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants)...

Mere Acceptance Of Rent After Notice To Quit Doesn't Waive Termination Of Tenancy: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has upheld a decree directing the eviction of Budge Budge Company Limited from premises owned by The Calcutta Gujrati Education Society, holding that the tenancy stood validly terminated under the Transfer of Property Act and rejecting the company's objections based on waiver of notice, multiplicity of proceedings, limitation, and lack of jurisdiction.A Division Bench...

Compassionate Appointment Can't Be Rejected For Financial Reasons If Not Stated In The Original Order:Calcutta HC

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Madhuresh Prasad and Justice Prasenjit Biswas held that the rejection of a compassionate appointment claim cannot be based on financial stringency if that ground was not mentioned in the original rejection order or enquiry committee report. Background Facts The petitioner's father was an employee of the West...

Calcutta High Court Declines To Hear Anticipatory Bail Plea By TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's PA Sumit Roy

The Calcutta High Court on Friday declined to entertain the anticipatory bail plea filed by Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, holding that it could not ignore an earlier order passed by a coordinate Bench directing that the matter be placed before the regular Bench.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya released the matter and directed that it be placed before...

LiveLaw Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: June 2026

No 'Right To Visibility' Exists On Private AI Platforms: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Direct ChatGPT To Display IndiaMart LinksCase: Indiamart Inter Mesh Limited v. Open AI Inc. and Others Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 245The Calcutta High Court has dismissed IndiaMart's plea seeking interim directions against OpenAI, holding that a private business cannot compel ChatGPT to display...

Calcutta High Court Questions 'Hot Haste' In Freezing Three TMC Bank Accounts, Seeks Account Statement Before Deciding Interim Relief

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the speed with which the bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) were frozen following the registration of an FIR, observing that the complaint appeared "omnibus" and did not contain specific allegations. However, the Court declined to grant immediate interim relief, directing the bank to place before it the corpus of the...

Denial Of Ration Benefits Due To SIR Deletion: Calcutta High Court Declines Interim Relief In PIL, Says No Aggrieved Person Has Objected

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday declined to grant interim relief in a public interest litigation challenging the West Bengal government's decision to verify and delete Public Distribution System (PDS) beneficiaries based on the outcome of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, observing that no affected individual had yet approached the Court alleging deprivation...