ISF Moves Calcutta High Court Against ECI's Allotment Of 'Envelope' Symbol To Democratic Trinamool Congress

The Indian Secular Front (ISF) has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the Election Commission of India's decision to allot the 'Envelope' election symbol to the Ritabrata Banerjee-led Democratic Trinamool Congress, alleging that the symbol, which was being used by the ISF, was allotted to the rival faction without giving the party an opportunity to raise its objections. The development comes ahead of the October 6 Assembly bypolls in Nandigram and Rejinagar.The Election Commission...

Calcutta High Court Directs Police, Customs To Stop Unauthorised Sale Of Pets At North Kolkata's Galiff Street

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Kolkata Police, Customs authorities and the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, West Bengal, to take effective steps to stop unauthorised sale and trading of birds, pets, fish, plants and other animals at Galiff Street in North Kolkata.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge and Justice Arijit Banerjee passed the directions on September 16 while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation concerning smuggling and illegal...

Calcutta High Court Extends Interim Order Allowing TMC To Operate Frozen Bank Accounts, Notes ECI Order On Party Name & Symbol Is Interim

The Calcutta High Court has extended its interim order permitting the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) faction to operate three bank accounts that had been frozen by the West Bengal Police, observing that the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s interim arrangement regarding the party's name and symbol could not be treated as a final adjudication of the factional dispute.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya was hearing a plea filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction seeking relief...

Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Plea Alleging Mob Attack On TMC MP Mahua Moitra Despite Earlier Order For Police Protection

The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined to grant an urgent hearing to a plea alleging that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was attacked while visiting her constituency despite an earlier Court order directing security for her.The plea was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, with counsel submitting that the Court had already ordered security for Moitra during her constituency visits, but an attack had nevertheless taken place, and there was a lack of security.“Milord had ordered...

Nandigram Assembly By-Poll: Congress Candidate Milan Pradhan Moves Calcutta High Court Against Detention By WB Police

The Calcutta High Court is set to hear on Tuesday a plea moved by Indian National Congress candidate Milan Pradhan challenging his detention by the West Bengal Police ahead of the Nandigram Assembly by-election.Appearing for Pradhan, his counsel submitted that the petitioner was already in custody even though the election is scheduled to be held on October 6. The counsel further pointed out that the last date for campaigning is October 4 and sought protection from the Court.“My date of election...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Injunction In ITC's 'Gold Flake' Dispute, Says Word 'Gold' Has Acquired Secondary Meaning

The Calcutta High Court has held that an action for passing off and trade mark infringement remains maintainable even against a registered permitted user of a deceptively similar mark when the validity of that registration is disputed by the plaintiff. Addressing the primary point of dispute concerning ITC Limited's flagship cigarette brand "Gold Flake", a Division Bench comprising...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Republic Editor, Reporter Over Alleged Phone Call With Singer Kabir Suman

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal defamation proceedings against Republic Media Network Senior Executive Editor/Editor-in-Chief Abhishek Kapoor and reporter Bittu Chowdhury, arising out of a telephonic conversation with singer Kabir Suman, holding that continuation of the complaint amounted to an abuse of the process of law. Justice Uday Kumar was hearing two criminal...

Calcutta High Court Directs CWC To Return 3-Year-Old Child To Adoptive Couple, Says He Was Neither 'Orphan' Nor 'Abandoned'

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) to return custody of a three-year-old child to a couple who had been caring for him since shortly after his birth, holding that the child was neither “orphan” nor “abandoned” and did not fall within the statutory category of “children in need of care and protection” under the Juvenile Justice (Care and...

Calcutta High Court Seeks WB Police's Response On Detention Of Man Suspected To Be Bangladeshi National

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Raniganj Police authorities to file a report disclosing the basis for detaining a man, allegedly suspected to be a Bangladeshi national, since August 8, 2026.The Court took exception to the fact that the man had remained in police detention for over a month and was being interrogated by the police authorities themselves instead of being referred to...

University Cannot Forcibly Evict Retired Employees From Quarters Without Due Process: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has clarified that a university cannot forcibly evict alleged unauthorised occupants from its quarters with the help of the police administration without following due process of law, while dealing with a notice issued to retired employees of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya asking them to vacate university quarters.A Division Bench of Justice Sabyasachi...

Deceased Passenger's Negligence In De-Boarding Moving Train Not Ground To Deny Compensation: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that mere negligence on the part of a passenger while boarding or de-boarding a train cannot be treated as a “self-inflicted injury” so as to deny compensation under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989.Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury made the observation while allowing an appeal filed by Sukumar Mondal, whose wife died after falling from a train...

17-Yr-Old Riding Scooty Without License Not Grounds To Deny Compensation For Fatal Accident: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that driving a vehicle without a driving licence cannot by itself be a ground to deprive the victim or his family of compensation when the death or injury is caused by the rash and negligent driving of another vehicle.Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury made the observation while disposing of appeals filed by Oriental Insurance Company Limited and the claimants against...