“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 and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen allowed the writ petition filed by Asim Kumar Paul, a former Senior TNC/NH...

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Stall WB Govt's Cattle Slaughter Rules Ahead Of Eid, Orders State To Clarify 'Cow Sacrifice Not Religious Requirement'

The court however directed the State to decide whether it would permit an exception under the 1950 Animal Slaughter Rules for the upcoming festival of Eid on 27/28th May.

RG Kar Rape-Murder Case | Calcutta High Court Constitutes Three-Member SIT To Probe Cover-Up Allegations

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) Joint Director, Eastern Zone, to probe allegations of a larger conspiracy and attempts to “hush up” the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case.A division bench comprising Justices Shampa Sarkar and Tirthankar Ghosh directed...

Calcutta High Court Stays Coercive Action Against TMC MLA Paresh Ram Das After 6 FIRs Registered On Same Day

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday restrained the West Bengal Police from taking any coercive action against Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Ram Das in connection with six FIRs lodged against him on May 16 at Canning Police Station.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by the MLA seeking protection from arrest and coercive steps. The protection...

Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On Challenge To Bengal Govt's Cattle Slaughter Restrictions Ahead Of Eid

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 21) reserved its order in a batch of petitions challenging the West Bengal government's recent notification regulating the slaughter of cattle ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.The petitioners, including TMC MP Mahua Moitra, contended that the restrictions would adversely impact religious practices and the rural economy. This comes after the State govt clarified...

Calcutta High Court Restrains Police Action Against TMC's Abhishek Banerjee Over 'Objectionable Remarks' On Amit Shah

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 21) in an interim order directed the police not to take any coercive action against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee till July 31, booked in an FIR for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah during a poll rally. After hearing the parties, Justice Saugata Bhattacharya while dictating the interim order said:"Having...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 To May 17, 2026

Living Separately In Same City Not 'Domestic Proximity': Calcutta High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Sister-In-Law & Her HusbandCase Title: Moniza Farooquee & Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Anr. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 221The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a married sister-in-law and her husband in a dowry harassment case, holding that...

"Met On Tinder, Stayed In Relationship For Over 3 Years": Calcutta High Court Acquits Army Officer In False Promise To Marry Case

The Calcutta High Court has acquitted an Army officer convicted for rape on the allegation that he established a physical relationship with a woman on a false promise of marriage, holding that the relationship, which began after the parties met on Tinder, was consensual and continued voluntarily for over three-and-a-half years.A Division Bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray...

TMC MP Mahua Moitra Appears In Calcutta High Court, Challenges WB Govt's Restriction On Cattle Slaughter Ahead Of Eid-Al-Adha

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday heard a plea challenging the West Bengal government's recent notification regulating the slaughter of cattle ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, with the petitioners, including TMC MP Mahua Moitra, contending that the restrictions would adversely impact religious practices and the rural economy.The matter was moved before a division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul...

'Right To Live In Matrimonial Home': Calcutta HC Directs Police To Escort Disabled Woman Back Home After Husband Refuses To Take Her

The Calcutta High Court has refused to entertain an appeal filed by a husband, against a single bench order, seeking to avoid taking back his medically incapacitated wife from a private hospital, observing that the plea was nothing but an attempt to “abandon her” and evade his “moral, humanitarian and legal obligations”.A division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Ajay...