LiveLaw Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 06 July To 12 July, 2026

Mere Acceptance Of Rent After Notice To Quit Doesn't Waive Termination Of Tenancy: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Budge Budge Company Limited v. The Calcutta Gujrati Education Society & Anr. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 261The 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. Mere Aadhaar Cards Showing Address Cannot Prove Occupation Under Public Premises Act: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Halt DemolitionCase Title: Md. Idrish & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 262The 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. Calcutta High Court Upholds SBI's Mandatory Learning Rule, Says Officers Cannot Claim Allowances Without Updating Skills To Prevent Cyber FraudCase: All India State Bank Officers Federation & Ors. Versus The State of Bank of India & Anr Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 263Observing 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. Railways Can't Deny Accident Compensation Merely By Disputing Recovery Of Deceased's Ticket: Calcutta High CourtCase: Rumpa Mallick & Ors. v. Union of IndiaCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 264The 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. 'We Cannot Shut Our Eyes To Article 19': Calcutta High Court Orally Remarks While Allowing Trinamool Youth Congress RallyCase: Santosh Majhi v State of West BengalCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 265The Calcutta High CoThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday permitted the All India Trinamool Youth Congress (TMYC) to hold a rally in Kolkata on Wednesday between 2:30 pm and 4:30 pm, observing that "we cannot shut our eyes to Article 19" of the Constitution while balancing the public's right to free movement.'Citizenship Must Be Decided First': Calcutta High Court Remarks While Declining Relief To Man Denied Passport Over SIR Exclusion'Case: Sirajul Shekh v. Union of India & Ors.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 266The Calcutta High Court's circuit bench at Jalpaiguri, on Tuesday, declined to grant relief to a petitioner whose passport application was kept on hold after his name was deleted from the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), holding that the question of his citizenship would have to be decided first. Punjab National Bank Liable To Compensate Farmers After Crop Insurance Failed Due To Its Negligence: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Sk. Ali Hossain & Ors. v. K.G. Ananta Krishan & Ors. (Connected Matters) Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 267The Calcutta High Court has held that the Punjab National Bank (PNB) is liable to compensate a group of farmers who were deprived of benefits under the West Bengal Government's Bangla Shasya Bima (BSB) crop insurance scheme after the bank failed to complete the mandatory process for issuance of insurance policies. The Court held that the bank's failure to upload the particulars of insured farmers and submit the required declarations prevented the policies from ever coming into existence, leaving the farmers without insurance coverage despite deduction of premium from their loan accounts. Joint Settlement Of Liquor Licence Permissible Where Multiple Heirs Are Willing And Eligible: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Sri Bijay Saha v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 268The Calcutta High Court has upheld the joint settlement of a country spirit shop licence in favour of two grandsons of the original deceased licensee, holding that Rule 14(6) of the West Bengal Excise (Selection of New Sites and Grant of Licence for Retail Sale of Liquor and Certain Other Intoxicant) Rules, 2003 expressly permits grant of licence to "one or more" heirs or representatives. The Court further held that prior experience in running the liquor shop is not a statutory criterion for settlement of such licences.Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Former Mead Johnson MD Over Alleged Insect Found In Baby FoodCase...

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