Human Dignity Extends To Every Accused, State Must Prevent Egg-Throwing, Mob Violence: Calcutta High Court

Dignity and security that the law affords are not privileges conferred at the discretion of those in authority; they are rights inherent to every individual, regardless of station, circumstance or means, the court said.

Police Clearance Denied To Agniveer Aspirant Over SIR Deletion; Appellate Tribunal Gives Him Relief After Calcutta HC Nudge

An Agniveer aspirant whose Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) was withheld after his name was deleted from the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has secured relief from the SIR Appellate Tribunal, paving the way for the processing of the certificate required for his appointment in the Indian Army.This comes days after the Calcutta High Court requested the SIR Appellate Tribunal to expeditiously dispose of the appeals filed by Akash Sarkar and his father, Faruk...

West Bengal Assembly Passes Bills To Restructure OBC Reservation, Removes 77 Communities From List Following 2024 Calcutta HC Verdict

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two Bills overhauling the State's Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation framework by removing 77 communities from the OBC list and restructuring the reservation regime in line with the directions issued by the Calcutta High Court in 2024.The legislation amends both the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and...

Calcutta High Court Asks SIR Tribunal To Expeditiously Decide Agniveer Recruit's Appeal Over Voter Roll Deletion

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal at Cooch Behar to expeditiously decide the appeal of an Agniveer recruitment candidate whose name was deleted from the electoral roll during the SIR exercise, after noting that the State would issue his Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) only after the appeal is disposed of.Justice Bivas...

Calcutta High Court To Hear TMC Leader Atin Ghosh's Plea For Anticipatory Bail In Alleged Land Corruption Case

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Deputy Mayor of Kolkata Atin Ghosh has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a land corruption case in which the Bidhannagar North Police Station has summoned both him and his daughter, Priyadarshini Ghosh.Apart from seeking anticipatory bail, Ghosh has also challenged the police action of issuing a summons...

Calcutta High Court Declines Relief To Abhishek Banerjee Against Magistrate's Order For Recording Voice Sample In 'DJ Remark' Case

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a criminal revision filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee challenging a trial court's order directing the collection of his voice sample in connection with the CID's investigation into his alleged "DJ remark."Holding that the issue arose from the same FIR which is already pending before a coordinate bench in a writ...

Calcutta High Court Calls For Action-Taken Report On Incidents Of Egg-Pelting Against TMC Workers, MPs & MLAs

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to file a comprehensive report detailing the steps taken to prevent attacks on political workers while hearing a public interest litigation alleging assaults on MPs, MLAs and workers of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC).A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi...

Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Trinamool Congress's Plea Challenging Freezing Of Bank Accounts

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday declined urgent hearing in a plea challenging the freezing of bank accounts of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), after Senior Advocate Kishore Datta sought priority in the matter.Mentioning the case before the Bench, Datta submitted, "If some precedence can be given, milord, this concerns the freezing of the bank accounts of a political party. it...

Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing On Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment, Lists Plea In July

The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined to grant an urgent hearing to an application filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee seeking permission to travel abroad for specialized eye treatment, directing that the plea be listed in the regular monthly list for July 2026.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya refused the request for urgent listing after Senior Advocate Ayan Bhattacharjee...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 22 To June 28, 2026

No Trade Licence Needed To Register Partnership Firm Of Advocates Under Partnership Act: Calcutta High CourtCase Title: Dr. Arjun Chowdhury v. State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 253The Calcutta High Court has held that a partnership firm constituted exclusively for carrying on the legal profession cannot be compelled to produce a trade licence as a precondition...

State Cannot Dissolve Municipality Without Fair Hearing: Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Purulia Civic Board's Dissolution

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the West Bengal Government's decision dissolving the Board of Councillors of the Purulia Municipality, holding that the action was vitiated by violation of the principles of natural justice as the State relied upon a District Magistrate's inquiry report without supplying it to the elected councillors.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury held that the State also...

Calcutta High Court Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage In Plea Challenging 5 AM Raid At Abhishek Banerjee's Residence

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the preservation of CCTV footage from Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee's residence, along with all audio and video records in the custody of the police relating to the search and seizure operation conducted there in the early hours of June 13, while hearing a writ petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress challenging...