Central Govt Notifies Permanent Appointment Of Four Calcutta High Court Judges, Fresh 1 Yr Term For Addl Judge

The Central government has notified the appointment of four Calcutta High Court judges as permanent judges. This comes after the Supreme Court Collegium, headed by CJI DY Chandrachud passed a resolution to the same effect on 18th January 2024. Another judge was given a fresh one-year term as an additional judge. The Collegium also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai passed...

250+ Advocates Of Calcutta High Court Write To CJ Flagging Alleged 'Lack Of Courtesy, Decorum & Etiquette' Shown By Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay To AG

Over 250 advocates of Calcutta High Court have written to Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam lodging their protest over the alleged lack of courtesy, civility decorum and etiquette shown by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to the Advocate General of the State of West Bengal during the course of judicial proceedings on 25th January 2024.The proceedings in question relate to improper admissions to...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 22nd January To 28th January, 2024

NOMINAL INDEXBGM and M-RPL-JMCT (JV) v Eastern Coalfields Limited 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 24Sardar Lalu Singh v The State of West Bengal and others 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 25Pacharia Exports Private Limited Vs. The Special Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, West Bengal & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 26Ranaghat OBR Brihattara Graduate Teachers' Association -Vs- The State of West Bengal & Ors 2023...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Quashing Of CIT's Order Speculating Possibility Of Understatement In Closing Stock Without Specific Finding

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the quashing of an order passed by the CIT speculating on the possibility of understatement in closing stock without a specific finding.The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyy has observed that the assessing officer has conducted a due inquiry and thereafter completed his scrutiny assessment. The tribunal also noted that...

Madhyamik Exams 2024 | Calcutta HC Declines Plea Challenging Revised Exam Timings, Directs State & Secondary Examination Board To Ensure Students' Convenience

The Calcutta High Court has declined a plea by an association of teachers challenging a decision of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) whereby the timing of the ensuing Madhyamik Pariksha (SE) 2024 had been rescheduled from 11.45 am-3 pm to 9:45 a.m- 1 p.m.While observing that the decision of the WBBSE, which was communicated only 2 weeks before the commencement of the...

Medical Admission Irregularities | Calcutta HC Single-Judge Alleges Misconduct By Judge Who Presided Over Division Bench Which Stayed Order For CBI Probe

In an unusual development, a single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has alleged misconduct by Justice Soumen Sen, who presided over a division bench which stayed the single bench's order for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities during admissions to medical colleges in West Bengal. On Wednesday, a division bench of Justices Soumen Sen & Uday Kumar had stayed the single bench's...

'Lightly' Interfering In State's Investigation May Disrupt Co-operative Federalism: Calcutta HC Stays Order For CBI Probe Into Medical College Admissions

The Calcutta High Court has recently stayed an order by a single bench for the immediate transfer of a probe being conducted by the State into the admission of reserved category candidates into medical colleges based on allegedly improperly issued caste certificates to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had initially directed for the probe...

Payment To Third Party Instead Of Selling Dealer, ITC Not Allowable: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the writ petitioner is not entitled to the benefit of input tax credit as he has not paid the amount to the selling dealer but to a third party.The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya has observed that the writ petitioner is precluded from adding words to a statute to state that he will be entitled to the benefit of...

Violates Right To Life & Amounts To Ostracisation: Calcutta HC Sets Aside 'Frivolous' Excommunication From Agrahari Sikh Community, Imposes ₹1.5 Lakh Cost

The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order of excommunication by the 'Gurudwara Chhota Singh Sangat,' against the petitioner, excommunicating him from the entire Agrahari Sikh community due to an alleged matrimonial dispute between the petitioner's son and his wife.In setting aside the order of excommunication and directing the respondent office-bearers to pay costs of Rs 1.5 lakhs to...

Freedom Of Press Indespensible To Democracy, Must Be Protected From Intimidation: Calcutta HC Allows Anticipatory Bail To ABP Ananda Journalist

The Calcutta High Court has recently allowed a plea for anticipatory bail moved by a journalist working with ABP Ananda News, who was allegedly falsely implicated in criminal cases after having taken videos of illegal sand mining. A division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Shabbar Rashidi held:Petitioner claims that he recorded illegal sand mining activities in pursuit of...

MGNREGA | Calcutta High Court Proposes Constitution Of Four-Person Committee To Undertake District-Wise Verification Of Wage Claims By Workers

The Calcutta High Court has directed the constitution of a four-member committee comprising of state and central government officials along with officials from the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Accountant General.A bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya passed the order in an ongoing plea to secure unpaid wages to the tune of...

Parties Must Clearly State Intention To Arbitrate Within Agreement, Usage Of Words Such As 'May,' 'If', Or 'But' Not Unequivocal: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that parties to an arbitration agreement must clearly state their intention to arbitrate through a resounding yes and there cannot be any ifs and buts or an undecided mumble.A single bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya while dismissing a plea for appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996,...