Calcutta High Court Directs 'Status Quo' Over Demolition Of Alleged Illegal Constructions Across Kolkata

The Calcutta High Court on Friday (May 29) directed 'status quo' on demolition of alleged illegal constructions across the city, while hearing two petitions moved by tenants who had challenged the notice of demolition.The court while directing status quo, however said, that if any portion of the building in question has already become dangerous, the municipal authorities in consultation with the petitioners shall remove such dangerous portion; but barring this no further demolition shall take...

Calcutta High Court Directs No Coercive Steps Against Actor Parambrata Chatterjee In FIR Over Social Media Posts On 2021 Post-Poll Violence

The Calcutta High Court in an interim order on Friday (May 29) directs no coercive steps shall be taken against Actor-Director Parambrata Chatterjee in connection with an FIR registered over alleged provocative social media posts linked to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The FIR was registered at Gariahat Police Station following a complaint by an advocate alleging that social...

Actor Parambrata Chatterjee Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Ancipatory Bail Over Alleged Social Media Posts On 2021 Post-Poll Violence

Actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with an FIR registered over alleged provocative social media posts linked to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The matter is slated to come up before the Bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee.The FIR was registered at Gariahat Police Station following a complaint by an...

Criminal Court Cannot Hand Over Immovable Property Under Police Act; Possession Must Be Decided By Civil Court: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that criminal courts cannot adjudicate interim possessory rights over immovable property while exercising powers under the Police Act, 1861, observing that disputes concerning title, succession and possession fall exclusively within the domain of civil courts.Justice Kausik Chanda set aside orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate and the appellate court which...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Car Driver For Allegedly Killing Stray Dog, Says Mere Accident Cannot Attract Criminal Offence

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man accused of deliberately running over and killing a stray dog, holding that the materials on record failed to establish the “mens rea” or criminal intent necessary to attract offences under Sections 428 and 429 IPC and Section 11(1)(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.Justice Dr. Justice Ajoy...

'ED Cannot Ignore CBI's Exoneration In Predicate Offence': Calcutta High Court Quashes PMLA Proceedings

The Calcutta High Court has quashed money laundering proceedings against Louis Dreyfus Company India Private Limited, holding that the Enforcement Directorate cannot prosecute an entity for laundering “proceeds of crime” when the CBI, after a full-fledged investigation into the predicate offence, found no material showing its involvement in the alleged criminal activity.Justice Suvra...

WB Polls: Calcutta High Court Withdraws Interim Protection Granted To TMC Leader Jahangir Khan

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday revoked the interim protection from arrest earlier granted to Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan in connection with multiple FIRs registered against him ahead of the Falta Assembly re-poll.A vacation bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen refused to extend the interim protection which had been granted by Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya till May 26.The...

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Wife Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking Permission To Travel Abroad

Rujira Banerjee Narula, wife of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to travel abroad after a prior order restrained her from leaving the country without approval.The matter was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, who permitted the petition to be taken on record.Reports indicate that Narula has...

Calcutta High Court Seeks Response From WB Police Over SOP For Action Against Social Media Posts Targeting Judges

The Calcutta High Court has sought a response from the West Bengal Police on whether any Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) exists to deal with social media posts targeting judges and judicial proceedings, after taking serious note of allegedly defamatory YouTube videos concerning an ongoing case before the Court.Justice Jay Sengupta passed the direction on May 21, 2026, while hearing a...

“Right To Shelter Part Of Right To Life”: Calcutta High Court Directs Rehabilitation Of Tenant Before Demolition In Howrah

The Calcutta High Court has held that while unauthorised constructions cannot be protected from demolition, the constitutional right to shelter under Article 21 requires authorities and private developers to ensure the rehabilitation of occupants displaced by such illegal construction.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury passed the order while hearing a plea by a tenant residing on the fifth floor of...

“No Effort Was Made By Trial Judge To Analyse Evidence”: Calcutta High Court Acquits College Professor In POCSO Case

The Calcutta High Court has acquitted a Serampore College professor who had been convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, holding that the prosecution failed to establish the “foundational facts” necessary to invoke the statutory presumption under Section 29 of the POCSO Act.A Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha Ray observed that...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Railway Employee's Removal After Acquittal In Criminal Case Based On Same Allegations

The Calcutta High Court has quashed the removal of a railway employee from service after holding that the departmental proceedings and criminal prosecution were founded on substantially identical allegations, evidence and circumstances, and that his subsequent acquittal in the criminal case rendered the disciplinary findings unsustainable.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul...