Calcutta High Court Allows Quarry Owner Facing Explosives Act Trial To Renew Passport For 10 Years, Says Restrictions Must Be Reasonable

The Calcutta High Court has allowed a quarry owner facing trial in a case registered under the Explosive Substances Act to obtain a passport for a maximum period of 10 years, observing that any restriction imposed on the right to obtain a passport must be fair, just and reasonable and have a rational nexus with a legitimate purpose.Justice Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held that the Trial Court...

Calcutta High Court Directs WB Police To Produce Woman Arrested At Kolkata Airport Before UP Court Within 7 Days

The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Police to ensure that a woman arrested at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in connection with a criminal case registered in Uttar Pradesh is produced before the jurisdictional court in Gautam Buddh Nagar within seven days.A Division Bench of Justices Rishad Medora and Tirthankar Ghosh passed the direction while disposing of a habeas corpus petition filed by Jaynab Ara Khatun, who had challenged her detention.The Court noted...

Calcutta High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea By Former OBC Candidates Seeking EWS Reservation In Teacher Recruitment

The Calcutta High Court has sought responses from the West Bengal Government and the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) on a plea by candidates who had initially applied under the OBC-A and OBC-B categories for primary teacher recruitment but subsequently obtained Economically Weaker Section (EWS) certificates and sought permission to update their category.Justice Arjun Ray...

Authorities Must Ensure Proper Implementation Of Subsisting Civil Court Status Quo Order: Calcutta High Court In Land Dispute Case

The Calcutta High Court has held that authorities must ensure proper implementation of a subsisting civil court order directing parties to maintain status quo over a disputed property.Justice Rishad Medora directed the concerned police authority to ensure proper implementation of an October 6, 2026 order passed by the 3rd Civil Judge (Senior Division), Howrah, which had directed the parties to a pending partition suit to comply with an earlier status quo order concerning the nature, character...

Correction Window Cannot Be Used To Submit Fresh Job Applications After Deadline Expires: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that reopening an application portal to allow candidates to correct or modify their particulars does not permit fresh applications after the prescribed recruitment deadline has expired.Justice Rishad Medora dismissed a writ petition filed by a TET-qualified OBC candidate seeking permission to apply for the recruitment of 13,421 Assistant Teachers in West...

KMC Ward Delimitation | Calcutta High Court Declines Interim Stay On Increase In Number Of Wards Ahead Of Civic Polls

The Calcutta High Court has refused to stay the West Bengal government's decision to increase the number of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) wards from 144 to 209, while considering a challenge alleging that the delimitation exercise was carried out to give an unfair electoral advantage to the ruling party.Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya observed that the petitioner had failed to establish...

Appeals Against FERA Penalties Maintainable Under Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that appeals challenging penalties imposed for alleged contraventions under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (FERA), can be entertained under its Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, even though the appeals were filed under Section 35 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA).Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay overruled the Enforcement...

Calcutta High Court Orders Social Media Sites To Remove Video Alleging Modi-Adani 'Stole India'

The Calcutta High Court has restrained the circulation of a YouTube video titled “How Modi and Adani Stole India: The Friendship Files”, holding that the case appeared to fall within the exceptional category of defamation cases warranting a pre-trial injunction.YouTube, X and Instagram were directed to remove or disable access to the video at the specific URLs listed in the company's...

Calcutta High Court Allows Migrant Worker's Family To Prove Citizenship After Detention Over 'Illegal Bangladeshi' Suspicion

The Calcutta High Court has allowed the parties in a petition concerning the citizenship of a migrant worker's family to file affidavits, granting them an opportunity to place their respective cases on record.The migrant worker, whose name was deleted during the SIR process with an appeal pending before the Appellate Tribunal, was picked up by Mumbai police under suspicion of being an...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 12th October To 18th October, 2026

'Partition Of Property Can Be Only Among Those Having A Share Or Interest': Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Safikul Islam Khan v. Dhulo Sk. & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 440The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal seeking partition of a property, holding that the plaintiff had failed to establish any right, title or interest in the disputed plot and that other persons claiming interests in the property had not been impleaded in the suit. A Division Bench of Justice Ravi Krishan...

Calcutta High Court Extends Interim Bail Of Milan Pradhan In 2007 Nandigram Violence Case Till November 25

The Calcutta High Court has extended the interim bail granted to Milan Pradhan, who is facing charges in a 2007 Nandigram violence case, till November 25, 2026.Justice Partha Pratim Roy extended the interim bail, which was initially granted by a coordinate bench on September 29 for three weeks, following the Supreme Court's order granting Pradhan liberty to seek an extension of interim bail...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses CPIM's Plea Seeking Protection Against Removal Of Durga Puja Bookstall In Jadavpur

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) seeking protection against the alleged attempt by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and police to demolish its temporary bookstall near Jadavpur Coffee House, holding that the party had failed to establish that it had permission to operate the stall.Justice Partha Pratim Roy held that a...