Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Upholds ₹3.56 Lakh Compensation To Family Of Railway Contractor's Worker Killed After Being Hit By Train
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Eastern Railway challenging a compensation award to the family of a worker who died in a workplace accident. The judgment was delivered by Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury.The case arose from an accident on December 23, 2006, in which Allarkha Mirja, a worker employed through a contractor, was fatally struck by the 2509 up Bangalore-Guwahati Express near Noadbradhal Railway Station. The deceased sustained serious injuries and died on the spot....
Providing Public Utility Is Fiduciary Trust, Not Administrative High-Handedness: Calcutta HC Quashes WBSEDCL's Excess Electricity Bills
The Calcutta High Court has held that the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (WBSEDCL) cannot recover a supplemental electricity bill of Rs. 55.8 lakh from Jyotish Chandra Rice Mill. A division bench of Justices Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Uday Kumar found that the demand was based on an unproven “polarity reversal” in the transformer and speculative average billing, which lacked evidentiary support.The dispute arose after WBSEDCL replaced a transformer at the rice mill in July...
Insurance Company Cannot Recover Compensation Without Hearing Vehicle Owner On Alleged Policy Violation: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court recently ruled that a motor insurance company cannot recover compensation from a vehicle owner without giving them an opportunity to be heard regarding alleged violations of the insurance policy. The judgment was delivered by Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury on February 4, 2026, in F.M.A. 1003 of 2025, involving National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Lirasa Bibi & Anr.The case arose from a motor accident on March 29, 2015, in Nabagram, Murshidabad, where the victim, Saidul...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Daily-Wage Labourer In ₹15.96 Lakh Cash Seizure Case Over Theft Allegation
The Calcutta High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings against Sk. Enamul Hossain, a daily-wage labourer, in a case registered by Datan Police Station, Paschim Medinipur under Sections 379/411/34 IPC for alleged possession of stolen cash amounting to Rs. 15,96,000/-.The petitioner had been arrested after the cash was found in a Bolero vehicle, but he claimed that the money was handed over to him by his cousin, Sk. Nur Alam, for the purpose of sending it to his father for constructing...
Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Alleged ₹85 Lakh Bitcoin Fraud Case; Allows Further Investigation By Police
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition seeking quashing of criminal proceedings in a cyber fraud case involving alleged inducement to invest in bitcoin trading, holding that an order directing further investigation after submission of a final report does not suffer from illegality and that proceedings cannot be quashed at a premature stage based on mere apprehension. Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das passed the order while rejecting a plea filed under Section 482 CrPC (now Section 528 of...
'Encroachers On Road Outside Port Trust Hospital Cannot Claim Protection Under Public Premises Act': Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction
In a judgment delivered on February 4, 2026, a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, dismissed an intra-Court appeal filed by Chandeswhwar Shaw and others challenging the eviction order passed in WPA 15989 of 2024. The appellants had sought to overturn an order of a Single Bench dated June 20, 2024, which had granted police assistance to the writ petitioner—the Syama Prasad Mookerjee (SMPK) Port Authority—for the removal of...
Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Case Over Alleged Illegal Filling Of Ponds For University Project
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a criminal revisional application seeking quashing of criminal proceedings relating to the alleged illegal filling up of water bodies and violation of land use laws in connection with a proposed university project at the Ramkrishna Vivekananda Mission campus. Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das held that the allegations raised disputed questions of fact requiring detailed examination and could not be decided at the threshold under the Court's revisional or...
'Stale' Industrial Dispute Raised After 13 Years Cannot Be Revived: Calcutta High Court Dismisses Writ Against Refusal Of Reference
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the refusal of the Central Government to refer an industrial dispute for adjudication, holding that an industrial dispute raised after an inordinate and unexplained delay cannot be revived merely on the strength of a failure report under Section 12(4) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta was hearing a challenge to the order dated 28 June 2019 passed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Life Sentence In Double Murder-Dacoity Case
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi has dismissed three connected criminal appeals and upheld the conviction and sentence of the appellants for offences of dacoity with murder arising out of the brutal killing of two women at village Kandra, District Burdwan, on 1 October 2011. The appeals arose from a common judgment of conviction dated 26 April 2018 and order of sentence dated 30 April 2018 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Katwa, in...
Calcutta High Court Directs WB Police To Publish Written Test Marks & Category Details Of Constable Candidates Before Physical Exam
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Police recruitment authorities to publish the marks obtained in the written examination along with the respective categories of candidates shortlisted for the Physical Measurement Test (PMT) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) in the ongoing recruitment process for Constables. Justice Saugata Bhattacharya held that non-disclosure of...
Allegations Of Theft, Public Humiliation Not Enough To Attract Abetment Of Suicide U/S 306 IPC: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of multiple accused under Section 306/34 IPC, holding that the prosecution failed to establish the essential ingredients of abetment of suicide beyond a reasonable doubt.Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das noted that although the deceased died by suicide, mere allegations of harassment or branding him a thief were insufficient to attract...
Calcutta High Court Acquits In-Laws In Alleged Dowry Death Case, Finds Child Witness Testimony Unreliable
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction and life sentence imposed on the appellants in a case relating to the alleged burning death of a married woman, holding that the prosecution failed to establish their culpability beyond a reasonable doubt.The Division Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta found serious inconsistencies in the prosecution...