Calcutta High Court
Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya Removed From Deputy SG Post At Calcutta High Court
Advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya has been removed from the post of Deputy Solicitor General of India, for the Calcutta High Court.The notification dated 16th February 2024 reads: The President is pleased to discontinue the term of Shri Billwadal Bhattacharyya, Deputy Solicitor General of India for High Court of Calcutta (PB) at Kolkata, with immediate effect. The name of Shri...
[Sandeshkhali Violence] Sole Cause Of Problem Still Absconding: Calcutta HC Takes Exception To State Police Being Unable To Apprehend Prime Accused Shahjahan Sk
'He is just a representative of the public. He is bound to do good for the public. There is prima facie material to show he has done damage to the public. He is on the run after committing alleged crimes,' CJ Sivagnanam orally remarked.
Calcutta High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Seeking 'Protection' For Women In Violence-Affected Sandeshkhali
The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused urgent hearing for a plea seeking orders for the 'protection of women residents' of Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, amidst allegations of sexual violence faced by them from certain miscreants allegedly belonging to the ruling dispensation.Live Law had earlier reported on a suo moto motion taken up by the Calcutta High Court regarding the aforesaid violence,...
[Sandeshkhali Violence] Calcutta HC Allows BJP's Suvendu Adhikari To Visit Area, Directs Undertaking That His Activities Won't Deteriorate Law & Order Situation
The Calcutta High Court on Monday, allowed a plea by BJP MP and Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari to visit the affected area in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, from where there have recently been reports of alleged violence and assault on women. Live Law had earlier reported on a suo moto motion taken up by the Calcutta High Court regarding the aforesaid violence, as well as an order staying...
Will Mask Identity Of Real's Fruit Juices In Video: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee Tells Calcutta HC In Alleged Disparagement Claim By Dabur
The Calcutta High Court on Monday heard submissions by the counsel for YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, who had been in the eye of controversy last year, for uploading a video pertaining to Dabur's 'Real' Fruit juices on his YouTube channel, subscribed by over 14 million users.In his video, Rathee analyzed the health effects of ready-to-serve fruit juices and alleged that their consumption lead to type...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up February 12 To February 18, 2024
Rolta Infrastructure and Technology Services Private Limited vs Department of Information Technology And Electronics, Government of West Bengal 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 45Ex. CT. Vijay Prakash v Union of India and Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 46 Sanjay Biswas v State 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 47Tarit Mitra and Anr. vs Sharad Goenka 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 48M/s Arati Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India &...
VHP Moves Calcutta High Court Over Lioness Being Named 'Sita' & Housed With Lion Named 'Akbar' At Siliguri Safari Park
The Bengal wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has moved the Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri, challenging the forest department's move to name a lioness 'Sita' and keep it in the same enclosure as a lion named 'Akbar' at Siliguri's Safari park.According to reports, the pair had been recently brought in from Sepahijala Zoological Park in Tripura, and forest...
Provisions Of Section 148 Under Old Regime Including TOLA Can't Be Applied To New Regime: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that if the provisions of the old regime of Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, including Taxation and other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 (TOLA), are read into or applied to the new regime applicable from 01.04.2021, it would also necessarily mean that a provision repealed by the Parliament without any savings and exception...
Arbitration Can't Be Inferred From Parties' Conduct Alone, Calcutta High Court Dismisses S. 8 Application Due To Non-Renewal Of Original Agreement
The High Court of Calcutta bench comprising Justice Sugato Majumdar adjudicated on a matter involving a civil suit for possession of premises from the tenants and an application made under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by the tenants seeking to refer the dispute to arbitration based on the tenancy agreement which had expired a few years ago and was not novated...
'Heart-Wrenching Atrocities Suffered By Villagers, Restricting Movement Causes Undue Harassment': Calcutta HC Sets Aside S.144 CrPC Orders Imposed In Sandeshkhali
The Calcutta High Court has set aside orders under Section 144 CrPC (prohibiting the assembly of four or more people in an area) imposed in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali in the wake of unrest due to alleged sexual harassment of women and illegal land grabbing in the area by miscreants allegedly from the ruling political dispensation, which was taken cognizance of by a coordinate bench of the...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up February 5th-11th, 2024
NOMINAL INDEXSoma Ghosh @ Soma Barman @ Soma (Barman) Ghosh & Ors. versus United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 37Merlin Projects Limited and another v The State of West Bengal and others 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 38M/S Saraf Trexim Limited Vs Deputy Commissioner Of State Tax And Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 39Utpal Kanti Karan v State of West Bengal & Ors &...
Supreme Court Collegium Accepts Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya's Transfer Request; Proposes Her Transfer From Calcutta HC To Telangana HC
In a significant development, the Supreme Court's collegium has agreed to the request of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya of Calcutta High Court regarding her transfer to a different Court. The transfer was sought for personal reasons. As per the notification released yesterday (on February 13th), Justice Bhattacharya has now been transferred to the High Court of...