Calcutta High Court Allows TMC To Hold 'Shahid Divas' Meeting On 21 July Near Birla Planetarium After State Refuses Victoria House Venue

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday permitted the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) to hold its annual Martyrs' Day meeting on July 21 at an alternate venue near Birla Planetarium after the State opposed the party's request to organise the event at its traditional venue in front of Victoria House.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya directed the Kolkata Police to permit the meeting on one flank of the road in front of Birla Planetarium while ensuring that the other flank remains open for...

Calcutta High Court Adjourns Hearing On TMC MP Mahua Moitra's Plea Against Alleged Egg Pelting, Mob Attack

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday adjourned a hearing on Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's plea after she was allegedly attacked by a mob during a political programme at Kaliganj in Nadia district.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya adjourned the hearing after being told that the petitioner's had not served notice on the office of the government pleader, and thus no counsel was appearing in...

Calcutta High Court Imposes ₹2K Fine For Contempt On TMC's Kunal Ghosh Over 'Attack' On Judiciary During 2025 SSC Protest

The Calcutta High Court has held eight persons, including Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, guilty of criminal contempt for acts that the Court found scandalised the judiciary and interfered with the administration of justice during the April 25, 2025 protest by SSC recruitment candidates outside the High Court.A Special Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee, Justice...

LiveLaw Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 06 July To 12 July, 2026

Mere Acceptance Of Rent After Notice To Quit Doesn't Waive Termination Of Tenancy: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Budge Budge Company Limited v. The Calcutta Gujrati Education Society & Anr. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 261The Calcutta High Court has upheld a decree directing the eviction of Budge Budge Company Limited from premises owned by The Calcutta Gujrati Education Society,...

'Priest Who Conducted Ceremony Need Not Be Examined To Prove Marriage': Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Acquittal In Bigamy Case

The Calcutta High Court has held that insisting on the examination of the priest who conducted the second day's marriage ceremonies to prove a Hindu marriage stretches the standard of proof "beyond rational, logical and legal limits." Setting aside a 30-year-old acquittal in a bigamy case, the Court observed that once several witnesses consistently testify to the marriage and...

Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In PIL Challenging WB 'Goonda Law', Flagging Potential Misuse By State

The Calcutta High Court has declined urgent hearing in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Act, 2026, commonly referred to as the "anti-goonda" law. The petitioner has sought an interim stay on the operation of the legislation, contending that its provisions are arbitrary, oppressive,...

Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On TMC's Plea For Interim Relief Against ED's Freeze On Bank Accounts

The Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved orders on an interim plea filed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) decision to freeze the party's bank accounts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, assisted by Advocate Nizam Pasha, appearing for the TMC, argued that the freezing of a...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Termination Of Probationary CISF Constable For Suppressing Criminal Cases In Attestation Form

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the termination of a probationary Constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for suppressing his involvement in pending criminal cases while filling up his attestation form, holding that the concealment of criminal antecedents justified termination under the CISF Rules without holding a departmental enquiry.A Division Bench of Justice...

Empty Berths Sold "Like Vegetables In A Market" By Ticket Checkers: Calcutta High Court In Train Murder-Robbery Case

The Calcutta High Court has come down heavily on the functioning of Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs), observing that the practice of illegally allotting vacant berths to unreserved passengers for money is the primary reason behind several drugging-and-robbery incidents on trains. The Court remarked that TTEs "sell empty berths in trains like vegetables in a market" and directed that a copy...

Mamata Banerjee-Led Trinamool Congress Moves Calcutta High Court Seeking To Hold Martyr's Day Rally On July 21

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to hold its annual July 21 Martyrs' Day rally at Victoria House in central Kolkata after the Kolkata Police declined permission for the proposed venue.The matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya on Monday by Senior Advocate and Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, who sought...

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Dowry Case, Says Woman Can File Complaint From Parent's Home If Cruelty Persists

The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a husband and his family members in a dowry harassment and matrimonial cruelty case, holding that a woman who leaves her matrimonial home can initiate proceedings from the place where she takes shelter if the effects of cruelty continue there. The Court further held that withdrawal of proceedings under the Protection...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Termination Of Road Contract, Says State Decided To Foreclose Project After Admitting Flood Damage

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal government's decision terminating the contract of a road construction contractor, holding that the authorities acted arbitrarily by disregarding their own earlier decision to foreclose the contract after acknowledging that the damage to the project had been caused by severe flooding and not by any fault of the contractor.Allowing the...