Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Upholds KMC's Power To Revise Property Valuation For Levying Property Tax In ₹11.24 Crore Dispute
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 3 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022, which expanded and retrospectively validated the Corporation's power to revise annual property valuation. Justice Gaurang Kanth held that the amendment—introduced to cure defects noticed in earlier litigation—falls squarely within the State Legislature's competence and does not amount to an impermissible legislative override of judicial decisions.The dispute...
Right To Adopt Cannot Be Defeated By Procedural Delay: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that a prospective adoptive parent cannot be deprived of the right to adopt merely because the child crosses the statutory age limit during pendency of court proceedings, particularly when the delay is attributable to the judicial process itself. Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul), allowing a civil revision petition, set aside an order of the District Judge, Nadia,...
Mid-Session Fee Hike Cannot Apply To Already-Admitted Students: Calcutta High Court Quashes College's Demand Notice
The Calcutta High Court has held that a mid-session fee hike cannot be imposed on students who had already taken admission on the basis of a previously notified fee structure. A Division Bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Supratim Bhattacharya, while hearing three connected appeals filed by first-year B.Tech students of Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, set aside the...
Calcutta High Court Allows Vishva Hindu Parishad's Plea For Ram Navami Rally, Caps Participants At 500
The Calcutta High Court has permitted the Vishva Hindu Parishad to organise a Ram Navami rally in Howrah on March 26, 2026, allowing it to follow the same route as the previous year, while imposing a series of restrictions to ensure maintenance of public order.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing a writ petition filed by the Vishva Hindu Parishad seeking directions upon police authorities...
'ECI Cannot Act Arbitrarily Under Article 324': Calcutta HC Told In Plea Against Transfer Of 79 Top Cops, Bureaucrats Ahead Of State Polls
The Calcutta High Court on Monday heard a petition challenging the Election Commission of India's “unprecedented” transfer of senior bureaucrats in West Bengal following the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of Assembly elections.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the election notification was issued on March 15 at 3 PM,...
Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges 'Unprecedented' Transfers Of Bureaucrats In Bengal By ECI Ahead Of State Polls
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Calcutta High Court by advocate Arka Kumar Nag challenging a series of transfer orders issued by the Election Commission of India, which have resulted in a sweeping reshuffle of the administrative and police machinery in West Bengal ahead of the State Assembly elections. The matter is likely to be taken up for hearing on Monday.As per...
Mental Agony Of Prolonged Trial A Punishment Itself: Calcutta High Court Reduces Sentence In 2008 Assault Case
The Calcutta High Court upheld the conviction of an accused for causing grievous hurt under Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code, but reduced the sentence to the period already undergone, citing inordinate delay of nearly 17 years in the conclusion of proceedings and prolonged pendency of the appeal.The appeal arose from a 2010 judgment of a Sessions Court in Howrah convicting the appellant...
Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 29 to 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 119'Second Complaint On Same Matrimonial Incident Unsustainable, Abuse Of Process': Calcutta High Court Quashes S.498A IPC CaseCase Title: Asish Bera & Ors. v. State of West Bengal & Anr.Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 29Observing that a second criminal proceeding on the “self-same incident” with identical allegations cannot...
Service Benefits Accrued Cannot Be Denied Post-VRS; Ex-Employees Entitled To Arrears: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that employees who accepted voluntary retirement cannot be denied the benefit of a retrospective pay revision that accrued during their service, observing that such benefits constitute a vested right which survives retirement. Deciding writ petitions filed by ex-employees of Burn Standard Company Limited, Justice Rai Chattopadhyay ruled that once a pay revision...
No Arbitrariness In Clubbing CCTV, GPS & Webcasting Experience: Calcutta High Court On Election Tender
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the tender conditions for providing a surveillance and live web-streaming system for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, reiterating that courts should exercise minimal interference in contractual matters unless the conditions are shown to be arbitrary, discriminatory, or mala fide. Dismissing an appeal filed by M/s Innovatiview India Limited, a...
Magistrate Cannot Direct Police To Conduct 'Inquiry' U/S 175(3) BNSS; Must Assess Grounds Before Ordering Probe: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that under Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, a Magistrate cannot direct the police to conduct an “inquiry” and must himself undertake such inquiry before ordering investigation. Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee clarified that the statutory scheme mandates application of judicial mind, and the expression “inquiry” as defined...
Calcutta High Court Denies Relief To Excise Officer Caught While Allegedly Demanding Bribe To Grant Licence
The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash corruption proceedings against a Deputy Excise Collector accused in a trap case, holding that the existence of prima facie material showing demand and handling of tainted money must be tested at trial.Justice Apurba Sinha Ray dismissed a criminal revision filed under Section 482 CrPC seeking quashing of proceedings under Sections 7 and 13 of...