Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025

NOMINAL INDEXThe State of West Bengal Vs. Susanta Chowdhury Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 125Sudhar Mangar Vs The State of West Bengal Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 126M/S. CHOLAMANDALAM INVESTMENT AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED Versus SUJAN SEIKH Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 128Midnapur District Service cum Marketing & Industrial Cooperative Union Ltd. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 129Dulal Kumbhakar -Vs- State of West Bengal & Anr. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 130Sagar Sengupta Vs. State of West Bengal &Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 131STATE OF WEST BENGAL Vs. SURESH PASWAN Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 132SMT. MAMATA BANERJEE AND ANR. - VERSUS – EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED AND ORS. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 133PASCHIM BANGA KHET MAZDOOR SAMITY AND ANR. VS UNION OF INDIA AND ORS Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 134The Board of Major Port Authority for the Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata Vs. Marinecraft Engineers Private Limited Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 135Prokash Mandal & Anr. Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 136Amal Chandra Das Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 137SREI EQUIPMENT FINANCE LIMITED VS TRINITY ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGERS LIMITED Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 138WEST BENGAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. VS. TATA MOTORS LIMITED Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 139Anuprabha Das Majumder -versus- The Union of India & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 140CAPE FOUNDATION & ANR. VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL and ANR. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 141THE CALCUTTA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS. VS THE CRICKET ASSOCIATION OF BENGAL & ORS. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 142Srimanta Tung v State Of West Bengal (C.R.A. 684 of 2018) Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 143The State of West Bengal Vs. Asoke Kumar Maity & Ors Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 144Shri Rajat Kumar Varshney Versus Central Bank of India & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 145Edelweiss Rural & Corporate Services Limited & Anr. v. The Deputy Commissioner of Revenue, Taltala Charge, WBGST & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 146Mubarak Ansari & Anr. -Versus- The State of West Bengal Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 147Gangadhar Mondal Vs. Union of India & Ors Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 148FIRE & GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF INDIA LTD. (IN LIQN.) -AND- CHANDAN KUMAR GANGULY AND ORS. -VS- THE OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR, HIGH COURT, CALCUTTA Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 149Himangshu Karmakar Vs Food Corporation of India & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 150Sri Hansraj Koley Vs. The Secretary, Labour Department and others Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 151ORDERS/JUDGEMENTSNot 'Rarest Of Rare' Case: Calcutta High Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Murdered Ex-Girlfriend By Stabbing Her 45 TimesCase: The State of West Bengal Vs. Susanta ChowdhuryCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 125The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man accused who had been accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her 45 times. The convict was sentenced to life imprisonment instead.A division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Shabbar Rashidi held that the crime did not fall into the rarest of rare category to sustain a death penalty, and that the convict was not beyond reformation.Calcutta High Court Orders Action Against Judicial Officers For Failing To Provide Legal Aid To Accused In NDPS CaseCase: Sudhar Mangar Vs The State of West BengalCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 126The Calcutta High Court has called for action against two judicial officers, namely the Chief Judicial Magistrate and District and Sessions Judge(NDPS), for their failure to offer a legal aid lawyer to an NDPS accused who had been unrepresented in the proceedings before the court.While granting bail to the accused, Justice Krishna Rao observed that the accused was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate and Sessions Judge after his arrest, but neither judicial officer provided him with legal representation.Professional Engagement With Law Firm Does Not Disqualify Advocate From Acting As Arbitrator: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION VS AKA LOGISTICS PRIVATE LIMITED Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 127The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar has held that an Advocate who has accepted briefs from a law firm for unrelated clients cannot, by that fact alone, be deemed ineligible to act as an Arbitrator in disputes involving parties not personally known to or represented by him, even if the same law firm appears in the arbitration. Arbitration Clause Mandates Reference, Question Of Appropriateness Can't Be Considered U/S 8 Of A&C Act: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: M/S. CHOLAMANDALAM INVESTMENT AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED Versus SUJAN SEIKH Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 128The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Rai Chattopadhyay has held that where an agreement between the parties contains a clear arbitration clause and disputes ...

Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025

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