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The Calcutta High Court has allowed an employees' union of the Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division to organise Durga Puja on a demarcated portion of a railway ground, alongside the Sealdah Railway Athletic Club, observing that Puja is meant for the public and that organisers merely execute the celebrations.A Division Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee set aside a Single Judge's order dated October 6, 2026, which had permitted the Sealdah Railway Athletic Club to hold...

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The Calcutta High Court has declined to urgently hear a plea filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee seeking restraint on media reporting concerning investigations and cases against him, alleging that the dissemination of investigation-related information has led to a media trial.When the matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, the bench stated that it would not be possible to hear the matter before the Puja vacations, and thus the matter would be placed in the...

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The Calcutta High Court on Monday (October 12) proposed installing metal detectors at the High Court and subordinate courts to screen visitors, amid reports of alleged attacks on lawyers at judicial premises and elsewhere in West Bengal.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge and Justice Om Narayan Rai asked the West Bengal Bar Council and various lawyers' organisations to discuss the proposed security measures and communicate their decisions to the Chief Justice.“The state...

Calcutta High Court Asks Kolkata Police Commissioner To Ensure No Further Mob Attack On TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh

The Calcutta High Court on Monday (October 12) directed the Kolkata Police Commissioner to ensure adequate protection for Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh and prevent any further mob attack on him before his plea is taken up by the appropriate Division Bench.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the direction while hearing Ghosh's plea concerning an alleged attack on him and damage to his car on September 27.Appearing for Ghosh, his counsel submitted that the MLA had earlier been provided...

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The Calcutta High Court on Monday (October 12) orally suggested that the CPI(M)'s cultural wing could set up its bookstalls during Kali Puja instead of Durga Puja, while hearing a petition challenging the denial of permission to establish temporary bookstalls in Naihati and Bongaon in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya questioned whether the petitioners' practice of setting up bookstalls during Durga Puja for around five decades automatically conferred a right...

Partition Of Property Can Be Only Among Those Having A Share Or Interest: Calcutta High Court

The 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 Kapur and Justice Atarup Banerjee upheld the trial court's decision dismissing...

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To French Refugee Arrested While Crossing India-Bangladesh Border

The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to a French passport holder with refugee status in France, who was arrested while allegedly crossing the India-Bangladesh border without valid documents, observing that there was no need for further custodial interrogation after the investigation had concluded and a chargesheet had been filed.Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) granted bail to Rocky...

Calcutta High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalist Over Allegedly False Report On Kolkatas RG Kar Hospital

The Calcutta High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a journalist running the YouTube news channel Arambagh TV over a broadcast concerning alleged irregularities at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, holding that the allegations in the complaint did not disclose the essential ingredients of the offences invoked against him.Justice Anuj Singh held that even if the...

Peaceful Protest Integral To Democracy, Not An Offence Merely Because It Is Unwelcome To Those In Authority: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against six School Service Commission (SSC) job aspirants who were booked for protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment during the COVID-19 pandemic, holding that a peaceful demonstration does not become an offence merely because it is unwelcome to those in authority.Justice Anuj Singh observed that the FIR did not...