Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges Impending Slaughter Of Over 10,000 Goats On 'Bolla Kali Puja'

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday heard the mentioning of a PIL challenging the impending slaughter of 'over 10000 goats' in the State of West Bengal for the upcoming 'Bolla Kali Festival.'A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya questioned the petitioner's counsel on whether there was any ban on goat slaughter or any Act prohibiting it in the state...

Dept.’s Personal Opinion Not Tangible Material For Reopening Assessment: Calcutta High Court Quashes Reassessment

The Calcutta High Court has quashed the reassessment order on the grounds that the department’s personal opinion is not tangible material for reopening the assessment.The bench of Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has observed that unless glaring omissions are demonstrated or conditions precedent for exercise of the power to reopen assessment are not...

Recruitment Scam | High Court Grants Bail To Former West Bengal Secondary Education Board President Kalyanmoy Ganguly

The Calcutta High Court today allowed an application for bail moved by the former President and Administrator of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), Dr Kalyanmoy Ganguly. In allowing the plea, while directing the accused to surrender his passport before the trial court, and refrain from witness tampering of any kind, a division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Village-Level Entrepreneur Accused Of Siphoning Funds Allotted Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

The Calcutta High Court has recently quashed criminal proceedings against the petitioner, who had been accused of siphoning off funds, which were allotted under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, a rural housing project under the Union government. Petitioner had been working as a Village Level Entrepreneur (VLE) since 2018 under Baraturigram Gram Panchayat, Mayureshwar-I Development Block...

Only Genuine Perceptions Revealed Before Death: Calcutta HC Declines To Quash Abetment Case Against Wife Implicated In Husband’s 'Suicide Note'

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a Section 482 CrPC application filed by a wife, for quashing criminal proceedings initiated against her under Section 306 IPC for abetment to suicide of her deceased husband.The younger brother of the deceased, upon his suicidal death in 2015, approached the jurisdictional police station and filed an FIR, alleging that the victim had ended his life due to...

S.37 Court Must Be Circumspect When Interfering With Arbitrator’s Interim Orders: Calcutta HC Preserves Deceased LLP Partner’s Share

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that a Court exercising powers under Section 37 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (“1996 Act”) must be circumspect in its interference with interim orders of an arbitrator.In refusing to interfere with the order passed under Section 17 of the 1996 Act, for preserving the share of a deceased LLP partner, amounting to approx. Rs 6...

Calcutta High Court Allows Use Of Musical Instruments In ‘Rash Festival Yatra’ But Within Permissible Sound Limits

The Calcutta High Court has allowed a plea for the usage of musical instruments such as 'khol', 'kartal', etc. which was claimed to be an essential religious practice in the 'shobha yatra' during the festival of 'Rash Purnima.'In allowing the plea, a single bench of Justice Jay Sengupta held:"It appears from the report that the Committee, which is in charge of holding the Rash Utsab, had...

Company Taking Calculated Business Risk Cannot Challenge Root Of Contract Merely Due To Change In Tax Laws: Calcutta HC Denies GST Refund

The Calcutta High Court has recently dismissed writ petitions by M/s Kayal Construction, which had been awarded tenders floated by the state government, on the condition that the petitioner would bear expenses for all the taxes/cess payable.Petitioners contended that the rates for the taxes/cess payable had been specified in the terms of contract, and that due to the subsequent implementation...

WB Panchayat Polls: High Court Grants Additional Time To SEC Head Rajiva Sinha To Respond To Contempt Rule

The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted additional time to West Bengal Chief Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, to respond to the contempt rule issued against him in October this year. The contempt rule was issued against Sinha and the SEC for alleged violation of Court orders pertaining to the deployment of central forces during the Panchayat polls, which led to large-scale violence and...

Rallies Are A 'Regular Feature' In Bengal: High Court Dismisses State's Appeal Against BJP Rally In Kolkata

The Calcutta High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal preferred by the West Bengal government against the order of a single-bench which permitting BJP rally near Victoria House in Kolkata on the 29th of November. Earlier, a single bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha had allowed the rally upon taking exception to non-application of mind shown through the "computerised rejections" by the...

Calcutta HC Sets Aside 33 Yrs Old Conviction Under Essential Commodities Act, Says No Mens Rea In Omitting License Number From Shop’s Cash Memo

The Calcutta High Court recently acquitted an individual who, in 1990, was found guilty by the trial court under Section 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (“EC Act”) for violation of the WB Cloth and Yarn Order 1960, and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one month along with fine. In holding that the trial judge had erred in appreciating the guidelines framed by...

IIT KGP Student Death: SIT To Interrogate Students After Exams, Calcutta High Court Told

The Special Investigation Team, probing the death of a student under allegedly suspicious circumstances at IIT Kharagpur which occurred in October 2022, has informed the Calcutta High Court that one of the reasons why the investigation is still pending is that they are yet to interrogate the students of the Institute.Before a single-bench of Justice Jay Sengupta, the Investigating agency...