Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 24 August To 30 August, 2026

'Living Together As Spouses' On Certain Occasions After Separation Doesn't Condone Cruelty: Calcutta High Court Upholds DivorceCase: X v YCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 342The Calcutta High Court has held that stray instances of spouses living together after separation do not, by themselves, amount to condonation of matrimonial cruelty, particularly where the subsequent conduct of the...

Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Relief To Anandabazar Patrika Journalists In FIRs For 'Saffron Hooliganism' Remark

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday declined to grant an urgent hearing to journalists of Ananda Bazar Patrika against whom FIRs were registered over the newspaper's use of the phrase “Gerua Gundagiri” (saffron hooliganism) while reporting on violence at Jadavpur University allegedly involving ABVP and FETSU students.Senior Advocate SN Mookherjee appeared before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya seeking urgent intervention in the matter and submitted that the journalists were facing multiple...

Indian Army Aspirant Moves Calcutta High Court Challenging Domicile Certificate Denial Over Deletion Of Name In SIR

An Indian Army aspirant who reportedly cleared the first phase of the recruitment process to be enrolled into the Indian Armed Forces, has approached the Calcutta High Court alleging that he is unable to proceed to the next stage of selection after the West Bengal authorities failed to issue him a domicile certificate, citing the deletion of his name from the electoral rolls during the...

'If MP Is Subjected To Egg Pelting, What Will Happen To Others?" : Calcutta High Court Directs Police Cover For Mahua Moitra

“If an MP is subjected to egg pelting and other harassment while she enters her constituency, then what will happen to other political persons who show allegiance to rival parties?” the Court asked.

Actress Sreelekha Mitra Moves Calcutta High Court Against FIRs For Allegedly Holding Objectionable Poster Of PM Modi At CJP Rally

Actress Sreelekha Mitra has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against her across West Bengal in connection with her alleged display of an objectionable political caricature allegedly depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest rally on July 24.Mitra has sought quashing of the FIRs and consequential notices issued to...

'No Electricity Amounts To Deprivation Of Meaningful Living': Calcutta High Court Allows Power Restoration To Dilapidated Building

The Calcutta High Court has observed that “electricity is an essential commodity” and that in modern times, living without electricity amounts to deprivation of a meaningful and civilized life, while upholding restoration of power supply to occupants of a dilapidated premises.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee made the observation while dismissing...

State Cannot Cite Stipend Expenditure As Roadblock To Allotting CRMI Seats To Foreign Medical Graduates: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the State cannot use the financial liability towards payment of internship stipends as a "road block" to allotting compulsory internship seats to Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs), observing that the internship can be undertaken even without immediate payment of stipend and that the interns can subsequently pursue their claim for the amount.A Division Bench...

Third Parties Can Move Court Against Inaction On Unauthorised Construction, Illegal Buildings Burden Civic Amenities: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Port Blair has held that a third party or public-spirited citizen can approach the writ court against the failure of municipal authorities to act against unauthorized construction, observing that such structures burden civic amenities and pose safety hazards to the public.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee made...

Spouse Concealing True Income Cannot Benefit From It: Calcutta High Court Restores Minor Daughter's ₹9K Interim Maintenance

The Calcutta High Court has held that an earning spouse who deliberately conceals his actual income cannot be permitted to benefit from such concealment by securing a reduction in maintenance payable to his minor child. Justice Uday Kumar made the observation while setting aside an appellate order which had reduced the interim maintenance payable to a minor daughter from ₹9,000 to ₹8,000...

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Child Labour Case Against Couple Accused Of Keeping 15-Year-Old Girl As Domestic Help

The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a married couple accused of keeping a 15-year-old girl as a domestic help, observing that conflicting statements given by the minor created disputed questions of fact which could not be adjudicated at the stage of a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.A Single Bench of Justice Uday Kumar held...

Calcutta High Court Rejects Trial Court's Reliance On 'Vedic Marriage Mantras' To Award Death Penalty To Man For Killing Wife, Commutes Sentence

The Calcutta High Court took exception to a trial court's reasoning that the murder of the appellant's wife amounted to a “rarest of rare” case because he had forgotten the “love, affection, contribution and sacrifice” of his spouse despite the Vedic mantras exchanged during their marriage.Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Smita Das De noted that the trial court had also been...

“Father Expected To Be Protector”: Calcutta High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Man For Raping Minor Daughter, Causing Pregnancy

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence imposed on a man for repeatedly raping his minor daughter, observing that the offence assumes particular gravity when the person who is expected to provide a child with “care, affection and security” instead abuses that relationship to exercise fear and control.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Prasenjit Biswas,...