Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Taxation Law Digest 2023
ORDERS/JUDGEMENTS1. Tribunal Being Fact-Finding Body, Unless Perversity Shown, High Court Can't Interfere: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: PCIT Versus Britannia Industries Ltd.Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 3The Calcutta High Court has held that unless and until the order passed by the Tribunal suffers from any perversity or ignores any vital fact in an appeal under Section 260A of the Income...
Calcutta HC Allows CISF Constable To Apply For Review Of Premature Retirement Order Imposed For Avoiding Transfers To Be With Specially Abled Child
The Calcutta High Court has come to the aid of a CISF Constable who had been prematurely retired by the Senior Commandant of his unit/DIG for refusing transfers to locations away from Kolkata, with leave of the High Court, to stay with his daughter who has special needs. In allowing the petitioner to place his case before the Review Board for reconsideration of his order of premature...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of One Judicial Officer As Calcutta HC Judge
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Smt. Chaitali Chatterjee (Das), Judicial Officer, for appointment as Judge of the High Court at Calcutta.The Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR Gavai approved the recommendation made by the High Court collegium in September last year.The Collegium noted that the Chief Minister...
70 Important Judgements Of Calcutta High Court In 2023
ORDERS/JUDGEMENTS1. 'Depressed' CCL Dies By Suicide In JJ Home, 'Incident Unsettled Us To The Core': Calcutta HC Seeks Accountability Of AuthoritiesCase title - Labu Islam vs. State of West BengalCase Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 7The Calcutta High Court took note of an incident wherein a child in conflict with law (CCL), whose bail plea was pending before the High Court in connection with...
Suspend Their Permits: Calcutta HC Directs Inspection Of Buses Plying Through Esplanade To Check For Repeated Violation Of Permit Conditions
The Calcutta High Court has directed the State's Transport Department and police authorities to conduct inspections on all buses entering the city's Central Business District (CBD) in the Esplanade-Central Bus Terminus Area, to check for alleged repeated violations of permit conditions. These observations came in a plea alleging that pursuant to an earlier order of the Court, the State had...
Calcutta High Court Calls For Report By SSKM Hospital In Plea Alleging Its Use As 'Shelter' By Recruitment Scam Accused To Stall ED Probe
The Calcutta High Court has called for a report from the Director of IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, detailing the health condition, duration of admission, and the facilities availed by high-profile accused in the Recruitment Scam including Sujoy Krishna Bhadra, who was alleged to have been admitted to the hospital for months on end in order to stall the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation....
Senior Advocate Kishore Datta Appointed As Advocate General Of West Bengal
The West Bengal government appointed Senior Advocate Kishore Datta as Advocate General (AG) for the State. The appointment was confirmed by the Governor's office on 16th December 2023.This followed the resignation of Sr Advocate SN Mookherjee, who held the post of AG from 2021 and resigned on November 10, 2023, citing personal reasons. This marks a second stint as AG for Datta who had...
Calcutta High Court Seeks MHA Report On Plea Challenging 'Illegal' Recruitment Of Foreign Nationals As Sea-Farers On Indian Flag-Carrier Ships
The Calcutta High Court today heard a plea based on a whistleblower's complaint, seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the alleged engagement of 'Pakistani & Iranian Nationals' as sea-farers on Indian Flag-carrying ships.Counsel for the petitioner submitted that service had not been effected on the respondents and that the petitioners did not wish to serve the...
Calcutta High Court Allows Early Release Of Convict Who Had Served 23 Yrs Of Life Imprisonment Sentence For Murdering Wife & 5 Children
The Calcutta High Court has allowed a plea for early release, moved by a convict, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his wife and five children by strangulation inside their house, as well as stabbing another tenant of the premises with a sharp weapon. A single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya noted that the convict had suffered almost 23 years of imprisonment...
'Corruption Hanging Like An Albatross Around Recruitment': CBI Tells Calcutta High Court On Tampering Of OMR Sheets In Cash For Jobs Scam
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday recorded reports filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) notifying the Court of the progress of their investigation into the multi-tier cash for jobs/recruitment scam in West Bengal.Earlier, a single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha had directed the agencies to submit their reports upon noting that the ED had...
Evidence Act, 1872 | When Documentary Evidence Available, Oral Testimony Not Sufficient To Rebut Its Probative Value: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that when documentary evidence is available, oral testimony of witnesses would not be able to rebut its probative value. A single bench of Justice Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury held: When documentary evidence is available the oral testimony of D.W. 2 is not sufficient to rebut the probative value of Exhibit- 7, 8, 8/1 and 9. The Court was hearing an appeal...
Must Respect Citizen's Constitutional Right To Property: Calcutta High Court Directs State To Pay ₹2 Lakh Damages For Unlawfully Taking Possession
The Calcutta High Court has recently held that the State must protect citizens and respect their Constitutional right to property, enshrined under Article 300A of the Constitution of India.In directing the authorities to pay damages of Rs 2 lakhs for unlawfully evicting the plaintiffs from the suit property, without any basis in the year 2000, a single-bench of Justice Siddhartha Roy...