Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 To May 17, 2026

Living Separately In Same City Not 'Domestic Proximity': Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Sister-In-Law & Her HusbandCase Title: Moniza Farooquee & Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Anr. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 221The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a married sister-in-law and her husband in a dowry harassment case, holding that vague allegations of “instigation” against relatives living separately for over a decade cannot sustain prosecution under Sections 498A and 406 IPC.Justice Uday Kumar observed that the tendency to “rope in” distantly residing relatives through omnibus allegations amounts to abuse of criminal process and warned that matrimonial litigation cannot be converted into a tool of harassment.Criminal Liability Under NI Act Cannot Be Inherited: Calcutta High Court Quashes Cheque Bounce Case Against Deceased Drawer's BrotherCase Title: Gautam Dey v. Golam Saharia Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 222The Calcutta High Court has held that criminal liability under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is strictly personal to the drawer of the cheque and cannot be inherited by legal heirs or business associates after the drawer's death.Justice Uday Kumar quashed criminal proceedings initiated against a man whose deceased brother had allegedly issued a cheque towards repayment of a ₹27 lakh loan.'Cannot Face Adverse Consequences Over Choice Of Faith': Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Bank Employee's Premature RetirementCase Title: Md. Shams Biswas @ Tapan Biswas v. United Bank of India (now Punjab National Bank) Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 223The Calcutta High Court has set aside the premature retirement of a former Senior Manager of the erstwhile United Bank of India after taking note of his allegations that sustained caste-based discrimination at the workplace compelled him to renounce Hinduism and embrace Islam.Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay observed that constitutional guarantees under Articles 14, 15 and 25 are “not ornamental declarations but enforceable mandates,” and stressed that no adverse administrative consequence can be predicated upon an individual's choice of faith.“Questioning Husband's Manhood Does Not Amount To Abetment Of Suicide”: Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against WifeCase Title: Shreya Basak & Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Anr. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 224The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a woman and her father accused of abetting the suicide of her husband, observing that remarks questioning a man's “manhood” or refusal to continue a matrimonial relationship, by themselves, do not constitute abetment to suicide under Section 306 IPC.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held that there was no material showing any direct instigation, intentional aid, or positive act on the part of the accused which could have driven the deceased to take the extreme step.Wife Strangulated For Protesting Against Husband's Extramarital Affair: Calcutta High Court Upholds Murder ConvictionCase Title: Manindra Nath Mishri v. State of West Bengal & Anr. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 225The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man for murdering his wife by strangulation, holding that the medical evidence, “last seen” circumstances, and proof of a strained marital relationship arising out of the husband's alleged extramarital affairs formed a complete chain pointing to guilt.A Division Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Rai Chattopadhyay dismissed the appeal filed by Manindra Nath Mishri against his conviction under Sections 302 and 498A IPC in connection with the death of his wife at their matrimonial home in Haldia in June 2013.Calcutta High Court Denies Relief To Man Convicted In 2010 Maoist Attack Which Killed 24 Security PersonnelCase Title: Arnab Dam v. The State of West Bengal Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 226The Calcutta High Court has refused to suspend the sentence of alleged Maoist leader Arnab Dam, convicted in the 2010 Silda EFR camp attack case in which 24 security personnel were killed, observing that injured eyewitnesses are likely to remember the faces of attackers involved in “such a major terrorist attack.” A Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha Ray rejected Dam's plea for suspension of sentence pending appeal, noting the “exceptional gravity” of the offences and the prima facie incriminating evidence against him.Calcutta High Court Upholds Misconduct Finding Against SAIL Employee For Encroaching On Company LandCase Title: Debnath Swarnakar v. The Steel Authority of India & Ors Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 227The Calcutta High Court has upheld disciplinary proceedings initiated against a Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) employee for unauthorized use and encroachment of company land, while partly granting relief by setting aside the punishment insofar as it imposed reduction of pay “with cumulative effect”.A Division...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 To May 17, 2026

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Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 To May 17, 2026

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