Empanelment Does Not Confer An Indefeasible Right To Appointment : Calcutta High Court

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Smita Das De held that empanelment does not confer an indefeasible right to appointment, and a candidate has no vested right to be engaged merely by being placed on a merit list. Background Facts The applicants applied for appointment to the post of Anganwadi Helper under Joynagar-II ICDS project within Maydah gram panchayat. They were called for an interview. Upon completion of the interview,...

Calcutta High Court Directs Police To Protect TMC's Martyrs' Day Venue, Seeks Report On Alleged Vandalism Despite Earlier Order

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the Kolkata Police to provide protection for dismantling and removing materials from the venue of a Martyrs' Day programme after allegations that the site was vandalised despite an earlier court order directing adequate police protection for the event.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya also called for a report from the Joint Commissioner of Police detailing the steps taken to implement the Court's earlier directions. The matter has been directed to be listed...

Calcutta High Court Directs No-Coercive Action Against TMC MP Mahua Moitra In Hate Speech Case, Tells Her To Cooperate With Probe

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in connection with a criminal case, while directing her to cooperate with the investigation and appear before the investigating officer on August 14.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya observed that the offences alleged against the petitioner were punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and held that she was entitled to the protection available under Section 35(3) of...

Calcutta High Court Orders Arrest Of Cricketer Abhishek Porel In Rape Case, For Alleged Blackmail With Private Photos

The Calcutta High Court has directed the immediate arrest of Bengal and Delhi Capitals cricketer Abishek Porel and another accused in connection with a criminal case registered on the complaint of a medical student alleging rape, criminal intimidation and other serious offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The Court also ordered the immediate seizure of all electronic...

Calcutta High Court Extends Interim Protection To Abhishek Banerjee In DJ Remark Case, Declines Urgent Plea To Fly Abroad For Eye Treatment

The Calcutta High Court on Monday extended the interim protection granted to Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee from coercive action in connection with the criminal proceedings arising out of his alleged "DJ" remark.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, upon noting that Banerjee had appeared to record a voice sample in the case and was cooperating...

Calcutta High Court Declines TMC's Plea To Operate Bank Accounts Frozen By ED

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) by permitting it to operate three bank accounts frozen by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case involving alleged transfers of party funds for the purchase of an aircraft and a helicopter.Justice Krishna Rao declined to stay the ED's debit freeze while hearing...

Sunday Hearing : Calcutta High Court Orders Status Quo On Demolition At TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour MP Office

In a special Sunday sitting, the Calcutta High Court directed the authorities to stop all ongoing demolition work at the Amtala property housing Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour parliamentary office, and ordered the parties to maintain status quo until further orders or the next date of hearing.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury passed the interim order while hearing an...

Calcutta High Court Holds Urgent Sunday Sitting To Hear Plea By Abhishek Banerjee-Linked Company Against Demolition Of His TMC Party Office

The Calcutta High Court is set to hear an urgent writ petition filed by Leaps and Bounds challenging the demolition of its immovable property at Amtala, housing TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's party office, alleging that the action undertaken by the authorities was "gross, malicious and illegal."The matter has been specially listed today before Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury after being assigned by...

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused In High-Value NDPS Case, Cites Advanced Stage Of Pregnancy

The Calcutta High Court has granted interim bail to a woman accused in a high-value narcotics trafficking case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, holding that while pregnancy is not by itself a ground for bail, humanitarian considerations relating to the health of the mother and the unborn child justified her temporary release.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh passed...

Failed Contingent Contract Doesn't Defeat Claim For Services Actually Rendered: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that although a contingent employment contract failed because the agreed condition precedent never occurred, the failure of the contract did not deprive a consultant of remuneration for services actually rendered and accepted by the employer. Applying the doctrine of quantum meruit embodied in Section 70 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Court held...

Land Records Not Proof Of Citizenship: Calcutta High Court In Plea Against Detention Of Person Suspected To Be Foreigner

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted a petitioner one final opportunity to produce documents establishing the Indian citizenship of a person detained as a foreign national, observing that land records, by themselves, do not constitute proof of Indian citizenship.A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Ex Parte Divorce Decree Despite Irregular Service, Says Wife Knew Of Suit Through Maintenance Case

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a wife's appeal seeking to set aside an ex parte divorce decree, holding that mere irregularities in the service of summons cannot be a ground to recall the decree when the defendant had prior knowledge of the matrimonial proceedings.A Division Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya affirmed the order of the...