Calcutta High Court
BREAKING | Calcutta High Court Directs CBI To Undertake Court-Monitored Probe Into Allegations Of Rape & Land Grabbing Of Locals In Sandeshkhali
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to undertake a probe into the allegations of rape of women and land grabbing of locals by miscreants under the influence of local leader Shahjahan Sheikh. The Court has directed the CBI to submit a report on the same for a court-monitored probe into the allegations.Earlier, a division bench of Chief Justice...
All Of Us Are Required To Take Independent, Strong & Perhaps Unpalatable Decisions: Calcutta HC Raps Chief Secy For Not Sanctioning Prosecutions
The Calcutta High Court has hauled up West Bengal's Chief Secretary for failing to sanction the prosecution of the accused in the multi-tier recruitment 'cash for jobs' scam which is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation ('CBI').On the earlier occasion, a division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Gaurang Kanth had directed the Chief Secretary to file a report on why...
Modern Penology Seeks To Reform Prisoners Regardless Of Past; Releasing Bowbazar Blast Convict After 31 Yrs Sets Good Precedent For Other Inmates: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court has allowed the premature release of a convict incarcerated for more than 31 years in connection with the infamous Bowbazar Blasts which rocked the city more than three decades ago.In noting the conflict between the human rights of an individual and the interest of the public a large, a single bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya held:It is not credible that the...
NIA Approaches Calcutta High Court Over State Police's FIR Against Officers Who Were Attacked While Probing 2022 Bhupatinagar Blasts
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has approached the Calcutta High Court over recent attacks against its officers in West Bengal's Bhupatinagar. It is stated by the agency, that the officers were attacked during the course of their duty when they had picked up two local leaders for questioning in connection with the case. NIA further stated that the State Police had registered FIRs...
Turned Blind Eye When Promoters Undertook Unauthorised Constructions: Calcutta HC Directs Disciplinary Inquiry Against KMC Officials Over Building Collapse
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to take steps including initiating a disciplinary inquiry and potentially suspending the officials who were involved in overseeing illegal constructions in Garden Reach, where the collapse of an under-construction building led to fatalities. A division bench held: The said officers appear to have remained indifferent to...
Non-Disclosure of Information Cannot Form The Sole Ground for Employer to Discharge Employee: Calcutta High Court
A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury while deciding a writ petition in the case of Sankar Mandal v. Union of India has held that non-disclosure of information cannot form the sole ground for the competent authority to discharge the employee.Background of FactsSankar Mandal (Petitioner) had successfully participated in a recruitment process...
Furnishing Of Wrong Information For Securing A Job Amounts To Fraud Upon The Employer: Calcutta High Court
A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen while deciding a writ petition in the case of Ram Asheesh Yadav v. Union of India has held each candidate selected for the post of Constable in RPF must be free from all vices, possess a sense of sufficient responsibility, and be truthful, dutiful, vigilant as well as honest. Therefore, the furnishing...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 1st-7th April 2024
NOMINAL INDEXM/s Fullerton India Credit Company Limited vs Ms Manju Khati 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 79United Machinery & Appliances v. Greaves Cotton Limited 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 80Certified Copy Of Original Arbitration Agreement Attested By 'Notary Public' Is Sufficient Under S. 8(2) Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta High CourtCitation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 79Case Title: M/s Fullerton India Credit...
Shameful Even If 1% Of Claims Found To Be True; State Owes Moral Responsibility: Calcutta High Court On Sandeshkhali
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in various pleas seeking a probe into the alleged instances of violence against women and land grabbing which had occurred in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal under the watch of former Pradhan Shahjahan Sheikh, and his workers.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya were considering public...
[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Pleas Seeking Probe Into Allegations Of Sexual Violence, Land Grabbing
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in various pleas seeking a probe into the alleged instances of violence against women and land grabbing which had occurred in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal under the watch of former Pradhan Shahjahan Sheikh, and his workers.Earlier, the Court had directed the investigation into the attack on ED officials allegedly at the behest of...
[Cash For Jobs Scam] High Court Raps Bengal Chief Secy Over Delay In Sanctioning Prosecution Of State Officials
The Calcutta High Court has hauled up Bengal's Chief Secretary for not submitting a report on the time required for him to decide over the grant of sanction to prosecute government officials who are being probed in connection with the multi-tier recruitment cash-for-jobs scam. Upon being told that the report which had been called for by the Court on an earlier occasion had not yet been...
Cognizance Taken By Magistrate For Cheating And Forgery , Calcutta High Court Refuse To Refer Parties To Arbitration
The High Court of Calcutta has dismissed an application filed under Section 8 of the A&C Act by observing that the allegations of fraud and forgery would be serious in nature when the cognizance of the same is take by the magistrate. The bench of Justice Krishna Rao relied on the judgment of the Supreme Court in A. Ayyasamy vs. A. Paramasiva, (2016) 10 SCC 386 and Rashid Raza...