"Could This Have Happened Before Present Govt?": Calcutta High Court Flags Abhishek Banerjee Office Demolition Amid 'Influence' Claims

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioned the contention that Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee continues to have influence to interfere with police investigations if granted interim protection from arrest.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing Banerjee's plea seeking quashing of three FIRs registered against him. The court has extended interim protection granted to Banerjee, and reserved it's orders.Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing...

Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On Abhishek Banerjee's Plea Seeking Quashing Of FIRs, Extends Interim Protection

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea filed by Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee seeking quashing of FIRs registered against him.During the hearing, the Court indicated that it was not undertaking the final hearing of Banerjee's plea for quashing at this stage. Instead, the Court said it was contemplating passing an interim order and would permit the concerned parties to exchange affidavits while allowing the investigating agencies to proceed with...

Calcutta High Court Permits Jamiat-E-Ulama Rally Against Removal Of Loudspeakers From Mosques, Caps Attendance At 750

The Calcutta High Court on Monday permitted Jamiat-e-Ulama to hold a protest rally in Kolkata against the removal of loudspeakers from mosques.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya allowed the rally to be held from Rajabazar to Moulali on August 11, between 11:30 AM and 1 PM. The Court, however, capped the number of participants at 750.Jamiat-e-Ulama had approached the Court after the Kolkata Police denied permission for the rally. The organisation, through its National Secretary, had applied to the...

Calcutta High Court Allows Lawyers To Appear Before Senior Citizens' Tribunal, Lifts Embargo U/S 17 Senior Citizens Act

The Calcutta High Court has declared Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, ultra vires Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961, thereby lifting the embargo on advocates appearing before Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals constituted under the Senior Citizens Act.The judgment was delivered today by Justice Krishna Rao.Section 17 of the Maintenance...

Calcutta High Court To Hear PIL Challenging Removal Of All Loudspeakers From Mosques In West Bengal

The Calcutta High Court on Monday agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the alleged removal of loudspeakers from all mosques across West Bengal.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay mentioned the matter before a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee, describing it as an “extremely urgent PIL”.During...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh's Plea Seeking Directions On WB Assembly Speaker To Allow Him To Participate In Debates

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh seeking directions to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker to allow him to participate in debates and raise objections on Bills introduced in the House.Justice Krishna Rao held that the Court cannot issue a direction to the Speaker or the Assembly's Chief Whip regarding allocation of speaking...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judges For High Courts At Madras, Karnataka, Calcutta and Madhya Pradesh

The Central Government on Friday notified appointments for judges at Madras, Calcutta, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh High Courts. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments which states:"In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, in consultation with Chief Justice of India, the President is pleased to appoint the...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 8 Advocates As Additional Judges Of Calcutta High Court

The Central Government has cleared the appointment of nine advocates as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court, following their recommendation by the Supreme Court Collegium in May this year.The eight advocates appointed are Aryak Dutt, Atarup Banerjee, Sandip Kumar De, Partha Pratim Roy, Sudip Deb, Anuj Singh, Arjun Ray Mukherjee and Rishad Medora. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram...

'E.Coli Allegedly Found In Packed Lassi': Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Manager, Says Company Must Be Made Vicariously Liable

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against the manager of a dairy manufacturing company in a case concerning lassi allegedly found to be contaminated with E. coli and coliform bacteria, holding that the manager could not be proceeded against vicariously when the manufacturing company itself had not been arraigned as an accused.Justice Uday Kumar held that under Section 66...

Calcutta High Court Acquits Two In Minor's Rape-Murder Case, Says Juvenile Co-Accused's Extra-Judicial Confession Cannot Sustain Conviction

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of two men in a 2014 minor rape and murder case, ruling that the trial court wrongly relied on the alleged extra-judicial confession of a juvenile co-accused to convict them. While finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, the Court also accepted the plea of juvenility raised by one of...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging WB 'Goonda' Law As Premature After State Says Bill Yet To Be Notified As Act

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed as premature a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the West Bengal Goonda Control Bill, after the State submitted that the legislation has not yet been notified and has therefore not come into force.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held that...

Pending PMLA Cases Not Grounds To Automatically Restrict 10-Year Passport Renewal Of Undertrial To One Year: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the mere pendency of criminal proceedings cannot be a ground for passport authorities to automatically restrict the validity of a passport to one year where the competent criminal court has permitted its renewal.Justice Krishna Rao directed the Regional Passport Office to renew the passport of a petitioner facing two pending Prevention of Money Laundering...