Calcutta High Court
ECI Not Targetting Bengal, More Officers Transferred In Other Poll-Bound States: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Arka Kumar Nag challenging the Election Commission of India's large-scale transfers of IAS and IPS officers following the March 15 election announcement, holding that the challenge was fundamentally flawed because the “existence of power with ECI to transfer/shift the officers after issuance of election notification to ensure free and fair election” was never disputed in the petition itself. Chief Justice Sujoy...
Calcutta High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Transfers Of Cops, Bureaucrats By ECI Ahead Of 2026 Bengal Polls
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (March 31) dismissed 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. A division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen pronounced the order. A detailed judgment is awaited.At the earlier hearing, Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, appearing for the...
“No Dying Declaration, No Proof Of Cruelty”: Calcutta High Court Acquits Husband In S.498A IPC Case After 24 Years
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of a man under Section 498A of the IPC, holding that the prosecution failed to prove any act of cruelty or dowry-related harassment that could have driven his wife to commit suicide. Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das observed that the evidence on record was marked by vague allegations, contradictions and emotional assertions, and that...
Calcutta High Court Acquits Man In Rape Case, Says Complaint Filed “Out Of Grudge” After Breakdown Of Relationship
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of a man found guilty of rape in 2008, holding that the prosecution's case suffered from contradictions, material omissions and lack of corroboration — especially the complainant's admission that she subsequently married the accused and lived with him as his wife.Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das, deciding the criminal appeal in CRA 76 of...
Advocate May Be Member Of Several Bar Associations, But Can Only Vote Once: Calcutta HC Flags Duplicate Entries In Bar Council Election List
“An advocate may be a member of several Bar Associations, but can cast only one vote. The admitted irregularity of duplicate and cross-district voter entries is unthinkable and strikes at the foundation of a free, fair, transparent election,” the Calcutta High Court held while intervening in the final electoral roll for the Jalpaiguri Bar Association booth in the 12th West Bengal Bar...
Calcutta High Court Flags 39-Year Delay In Murder Case, Directs Magistrate To Commit Case To Sessions Court Within Six Weeks
The Calcutta High Court, sitting at the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench, has expressed strong displeasure over a criminal case pending for nearly four decades without even reaching the stage of committal to the Sessions Court. Justice Jay Sengupta directed the jurisdictional magistrate to complete the committal proceedings within six weeks, calling the delay “very unfortunate” and emphasising...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Bigamy Case Under BNS After Parties Settle Dispute; Says S.82(2) Requires Complaint Case Under BNSS
The Calcutta High Court, sitting at the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench, has quashed criminal proceedings arising out of allegations of bigamy under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), after noting that the dispute between the parties had been fully settled and that one of the offences invoked could not have been prosecuted through a police case at all. Justice Jay Sengupta passed the order...
TET-Qualified Teacher Cannot Rely On Fake Marksheet To Secure Approval Of Appointment: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Abhishek Maity seeking a direction upon West Bengal State University to treat a purported 2014 post-review marksheet as genuine and to issue him a pass certificate accordingly. A Division Bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Partha Sarathi Chatterjee upheld the Single Judge's refusal, holding that the marks claimed by the...
'Inability To Explain Death Inside Matrimonial Home Crucial': Calcutta High Court Upholds Life Sentence For Husband In Wife's Murder
The Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man found guilty of murdering his wife inside their matrimonial home, stressing that his complete failure to explain the circumstances of her death was a decisive factor in affirming guilt. The Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury noted that the incident...
'Alleged Offence Took Place On Road During School Hours, Absence Of Independent Witness Casts Doubt': Calcutta HC Sets Aside POCSO Conviction
"When the incident is alleged to have occurred on a public road during school hours, the absence of a single independent witness casts grave doubt on the prosecution case,” the Calcutta High Court observed while setting aside a conviction under Section 4 of the POCSO Act.The Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench acquitted a man sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 4 of the POCSO Act, holding...
Threats To Publish Intimate Photos Not 'Abetment': Calcutta High Court Affirms Acquittal In Man's 2015 Suicide Case
The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri has refused to overturn the 2019 acquittal of two men accused of abetting the suicide of a Jalpaiguri resident, holding that the prosecution failed to establish any proximate act of instigation, intentional aid, or continuous conduct linking the accused to the victim's death. The Court reiterated that past threats or strained...
Calcutta High Court Closes Defamation Case Against TV Show Which Called CESC 'Big Thief', Depicted Employees As Osama Bin Laden
The Calcutta High Court has accepted unconditional apologies from the makers and anchor of the investigative TV show Khoj Khabar in a 22-year-old defamation suit filed by CESC Limited, imposing only token damages and costs. The Court, presided over by Justice Krishna Rao, noted that the 2004 broadcasts had used highly inflammatory language—branding CESC as indulging in...