Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Voids OBC Certificates Issued Under 2025 State Notifications, Says Candidates Must Be Treated As General Category
The Calcutta High Court has held that OBC certificates issued on the basis of the West Bengal Government's notifications issued in May-June 2025 were void ab initio, after finding that the notifications themselves lacked legal authority.A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Anuj Singh was hearing an appeal filed by Shreyasi Dhang, who had obtained an OBC-A...
Calcutta High Court Orders SC/ST Act Probe Into Facebook Posts Allegedly Targeting Dalit Man, Says 'Public View' Extends Online
The Calcutta High Court has set aside a “Nil/No clue” final report in a case concerning alleged casteist abuse of a Scheduled Caste complainant through Facebook, directing further investigation through specialised cyber-forensic channels.Justice Uday Kumar, hearing CRR 2992 of 2023, held that the fact that the complainant had instituted other criminal cases could not be used as a basis...
'Cannot Take Law Into Their Hands': Calcutta High Court Questions State Over Bulldozer Use By Private Parties To Dispossess Shopkeepers
The Calcutta High Court recently questioned the West Bengal Government over the alleged use of a JCB bulldozer by private parties to dispossess shop owners, observing that private individuals cannot take the law into their own hands merely because there has been a change of regime.During the hearing, the Court questioned the State authorities on what had transpired and observed: “What...
State Vicariously Liable For Negligent Acts Of Government Hospital Employees Resulting In Loss Of Eyesight: Calcutta High Court
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee held that the State is vicariously liable for medical negligence resulting in loss of eyesight in government hospitals, and compensation can be awarded under Article 226 for violation of the right to life under Article 21. Background Facts The appellant was an electrician...
'Pilgrims Offering Prayers At Mosque Inside Kolkata Airport Presents Security Risk': State Tells Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned a plea seeking interim permission to pilgrims to offer prayers at a mosque located within the Kolkata airport premises, after airport authorities and the State raised security concerns.Upon hearing the case, Justice Krishna Rao did not pass any interim orders, but posted the matter for further hearing on 7th October.The matter was heard in a...
Calcutta High Court Extends Interim Protection To Mahua Moitra In Hate Speech Case Till January 29
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended till January 29, 2027 the interim protection from coercive action granted to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in an alleged hate speech case.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the order after Advocate General Surojit Nath Mitra, appearing for the State, placed before the Court a report stating that Moitra had appeared before the...
Calcutta High Court Directs Insurer To Compensate 5-Year-Old's Accidental Death Despite Offending Driver's Fake Licence
The Calcutta High Court has enhanced the compensation payable to the parents of a five-and-a-half-year-old girl who died in a road accident in 2014 from ₹3.49 lakh to ₹5 lakh, holding that the amended Second Schedule to the Motor Vehicles Act, which prescribed ₹5 lakh as compensation for death, applied to the pending claim.Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi was hearing an appeal filed by Soma...
Calcutta High Court Directs Disbursement Of Compensation To Heirs Of Inmates Who Died From Unnatural Causes In Custody
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Inspector General of Correctional Services, West Bengal, to expeditiously disburse compensation to the heirs and legal representatives of inmates who died unnatural deaths in correctional homes, based on the data collected by the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA).A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Aryak Dutt was hearing a batch...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Removal Of Govt Bank Officer Accused Of Diverting ₹40 Lakh From Account
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the removal from service of an officer of Bangiya Gramin Vikas Bank who was found guilty in a departmental proceeding of diverting ₹40 lakh from a bank account, holding that the officer failed to establish that the disciplinary proceedings were conducted in wilful violation of an earlier court order.Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi was hearing a writ petition...
Calcutta High Court Directs Medical Exam Of BSF Aspirant's Burn Mark From Tattoo Removal, Cites Lack Of Guidelines
The Calcutta High Court has flagged that the recruitment medical guidelines prescribe healing periods for certain disabilities but are silent on the healing period for a superficial burn caused by removal of a tattoo, directing an independent Medical Board at AIIMS Kalyani to examine a BSF recruitment candidate on the issue.A Division Bench comprising Justice Partha Pratim Roy and...
Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Over Alleged Fake SC Certificate, Says No Express Bar On Police Complaint
The Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere with an FIR alleging fraudulent procurement and use of a Scheduled Caste certificate, holding that there was no express statutory bar on lodging a police complaint in such a case.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing a writ petition filed by Tumpa Biswas alias Tumpa Roy challenging Bongaon Police Station FIR No. 703/2026, registered on...
Calcutta High Court Directs Police Not To Permit Durga Puja At Residential Premises Without Flat Owners' Consent
The Calcutta High Court has directed the police not to permit a club to organise Durga Puja at the common area of a G+3 residential building in Kolkata in the absence of permission from the Flat Owners Association or individual flat owners.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing a writ petition filed by five flat owners of a residential building at Raja Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata, opposing...