Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: July 2026

Calcutta High Court Asks SIR Tribunal To Expeditiously Decide Agniveer Recruit's Appeal Over Voter Roll DeletionCase: Akash Sarkar v. Union of India & Ors.,Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 258The Calcutta High Court has directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal at Cooch Behar to expeditiously decide the appeal of an Agniveer recruitment candidate whose name was deleted...

Calcutta High Court To Hear Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment Tomorrow In Compliance With SC's Orders

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said it will hear Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's plea seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment tomorrow, in compliance with the Supreme Court's direction to dispose of the matter within one week.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya informed the additional government pleader to intimate the counsel for both sides, upon noting the order passed by the Supreme Court. He thus directed that the matter be listed for hearing...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 27th July To 2nd August, 2026

Adults Have Fundamental Right To Choose Life Partner: Calcutta High Court Directs Police Protection For Interfaith CoupleCase: Abdul Sheikh v State of West BengalCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 298The Calcutta High Court has reiterated that two consenting adults have a fundamental right to choose their life partners irrespective of their religion, while directing the West Bengal Police to...

Senior Citizens Act Not A Tool To Evict Tenants; SDM Lacks Jurisdiction In Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be invoked to evict a tenant in a landlord-tenant dispute, observing that such disputes must be adjudicated under the applicable tenancy laws before the competent civil court.Justice Smita Das De quashed an order passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Siliguri directing...

Husband Cannot Be Directed To Both Maintain Fixed Deposit For Child & Pay Monthly Child Maintenance Separately: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that while a father may voluntarily create a fixed deposit to secure the future of his child, such a deposit cannot be treated as a substitute for monthly maintenance. At the same time, if monthly maintenance is ultimately awarded, the father cannot be compelled to continue the fixed deposit in addition to making periodic maintenance payments.Justice...

IIT Kanpur PhD Admission Stalled Due To SIR Deletion: Calcutta High Court Directs Tribunal To Decide Appeal Expeditiously

The Calcutta High Court recently directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal to expeditiously decide the appeal of a Ph.D. aspirant whose admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur had allegedly been stalled after his name was struck off the electoral roll.Justice Krishna Rao observed that since the petitioner's admission to the Ph.D. programme was...

Section 141 NI Act Inapplicable To Sole Proprietorships; Family Members Can't Be Prosecuted As 'Partners': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the vicarious liability provision under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be invoked against family members of the proprietor of a sole proprietorship concern, reiterating that a sole proprietorship has no separate legal identity and is outside the ambit of the provision.The Court further held that criminal liability under Section...

"Utterly Shocking": Calcutta High Court Raps KMC Officer For Demolition Order Passed Without Checking Records

"It is utterly shocking that for an officer of the municipality who passed the order of demolition without bothering to even consult its own records, would take shelter by claiming that none had brought the same to his notice."With these observations, the Calcutta High Court directed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to restore the roof of a flat that was damaged during demolition of...

Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Police Encounter Death Of Baruipur Rape-Murder Accused

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Police to place on record a report explaining the circumstances leading to the encounter killing of one of the accused in the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas.Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen passed the direction while hearing a writ petition questioning...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 20th July To 26th July, 2026

Calcutta High Court Declines TMC's Plea To Operate Bank Accounts Frozen By EDCase: ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS AND ANR. VS UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 287The Calcutta High Court refused to permit the Trinamool Congress to operate bank accounts frozen by the Enforcement Directorate during the pendency of proceedings. The Court declined interim relief while the challenge...

Obstructing Meter Inspection Justifies Power Disconnection Under Electricity Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the disconnection of an electricity connection after the consumer repeatedly denied access to officials for meter inspection and replacement, holding that the prior notice issued under Section 163 of the Electricity Act, 2003 satisfied the statutory requirement and that the licensee was entitled to disconnect supply upon continued obstruction.Justice...

Calcutta High Court Asks State Not To Take Coercive Steps Against Abhishek Banerjee In Plea To Quash Multiple FIRs

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the investigating authorities not to take any coercive steps against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee till the next date of hearing in his petition seeking quashing of multiple FIRs registered against him, while directing the police to furnish a complete list of all FIRs pending against the petitioner.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya heard...