Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court To Hear TMC Leader Atin Ghosh's Plea For Anticipatory Bail In Alleged Land Corruption Case
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Deputy Mayor of Kolkata Atin Ghosh has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a land corruption case in which the Bidhannagar North Police Station has summoned both him and his daughter, Priyadarshini Ghosh.Apart from seeking anticipatory bail, Ghosh has also challenged the police action of issuing a summons in the matter before the High Court.The matter was mentioned on Tuesday before Justice Suvra Ghosh by...
Calcutta High Court Declines Relief To Abhishek Banerjee Against Magistrate's Order For Recording Voice Sample In 'DJ Remark' Case
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a criminal revision filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee challenging a trial court's order directing the collection of his voice sample in connection with the CID's investigation into his alleged "DJ remark."Holding that the issue arose from the same FIR which is already pending before a coordinate bench in a writ...
Calcutta High Court Calls For Action-Taken Report On Incidents Of Egg-Pelting Against TMC Workers, MPs & MLAs
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to file a comprehensive report detailing the steps taken to prevent attacks on political workers while hearing a public interest litigation alleging assaults on MPs, MLAs and workers of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC).A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen also directed police officers to follow the applicable guidelines and take necessary steps in the...
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Trinamool Congress's Plea Challenging Freezing Of Bank Accounts
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined urgent hearing in a plea challenging the freezing of bank accounts of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), after Senior Advocate Kishore Datta sought priority in the matter.Mentioning the case before the Bench, Datta submitted, "If some precedence can be given, milord, this concerns the freezing of the bank accounts of a political party. it...
Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing On Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment, Lists Plea In July
The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined to grant an urgent hearing to an application filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee seeking permission to travel abroad for specialized eye treatment, directing that the plea be listed in the regular monthly list for July 2026.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya refused the request for urgent listing after Senior Advocate Ayan Bhattacharjee...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 22 To June 28, 2026
No Trade Licence Needed To Register Partnership Firm Of Advocates Under Partnership Act: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Dr. Arjun Chowdhury v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 253The Calcutta High Court has held that a partnership firm constituted exclusively for carrying on the legal profession cannot be compelled to produce a trade licence as a precondition...
State Cannot Dissolve Municipality Without Fair Hearing: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Purulia Civic Board's Dissolution
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal Government's decision dissolving the Board of Councillors of the Purulia Municipality, holding that the action was vitiated by violation of the principles of natural justice as the State relied upon a District Magistrate's inquiry report without supplying it to the elected councillors.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury held that the State also...
Calcutta High Court Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage In Plea Challenging 5 AM Raid At Abhishek Banerjee's Residence
The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the preservation of CCTV footage from Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee's residence, along with all audio and video records in the custody of the police relating to the search and seizure operation conducted there in the early hours of June 13, while hearing a writ petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress challenging...
RG Kar Case | Calcutta High Court Expresses Dissatisfaction With SIT Probe, Directs Production Of Case Diary & Investigation Material
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the Special Investigation Team's (SIT) probe in the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case, observing that the investigation had not been taken to its "logical conclusion" despite specific directions issued earlier by the Court.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was considering...
'Duty to Disclose Brother's BJP Role,' Calcutta High Court Judge in Mamata Banerjee Election Petition, TMC Expresses Full Faith
While hearing former West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging the election of present CM Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday witnessed an unusual exchange after the presiding judge disclosed in open court that his elder brother serves as a national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata...
Attachment Of Accused's Property U/S 107 BNSS Requires Strict Judicial Scrutiny, Cannot Be Recovery Mechanism: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order attaching properties belonging to a woman who was not even named as an accused in a criminal case, while issuing significant guidelines on the exercise of powers under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee observed that indiscriminate use of the power to attach property under Section 107...