Auto Rickshaw Permits Must Be Allocated In Transparent Manner: Calcutta High Court Directs Transport Dept To Publish Route Vacancies Online

The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the State's Transport Department to publish all route/permit vacancies for plying of auto rickshaws in the State, to enable transparent allocation of the same. In dismissing an appeal against a single-bench order which refused to interfere with the allocation of auto rickshaw permits for the Howrah-Don Bosco, Liluah route a division bench of...

Asian Games: Calcutta High Court Permits Unselected Volleyball Player To View Trials Footage For Self Assessment

The Calcutta High Court has refused to pass orders in favour of a volleyball player who challenged her non-selection by the Volleyball Federation of India (“VFI”) for the 2023 Asian Games contingent.Petitioner claimed that she was highly accomplished in the sport of Volleyball at the national level, and that those had achieved far less than her in the sport, had been selected due to...

Why Do Authorities Always Need Court Order To Act? High Court Questions Kolkata Municipal Corporation On Unauthorised Hawkers

The Calcutta High Court has recently hauled up the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (“KMC”) in a plea challenging its alleged inaction pertaining to non-removal of unauthorised hawkers and street vendors on the “Oberoi Grand Arcade,” a heritage site and landmark situated in New Market.In directing the KMC to submit a report in the matter, and not give out any further permits to the...

“At This Age, They Can’t Be Sent To Civil Court”: Calcutta High Court Aids Parents Allegedly Ousted From Home By Son & Daughter-In-Law

The Calcutta High Court has allowed the writ petition filed by a couple who claimed that they had been driven out of their home by their son and daughter-in-law (“respondents”).Petitioners claimed that they had right title and interest over the property and that the respondents had been torturing, intimidating and even assaulting them for a considerable amount of time, eventually ousting...

Vehicle Seizure: Calcutta High Court Transfers Case To CID After Owner Produces Recording Alleging Police Officers Were ‘Fixing Bribe Rates’

The Calcutta High Court has transferred a case relating to alleged illegal seizure of a goods carrier by the West Bengal Police to the State's Crime Investigation Department (“CID”), after a clip was played in Court showing recordings of police officers asking for bribe from truck drivers to allow passage through certain police stations in North Dinajpur.The petitioner, whose truck had...

Compassionate Appointment Helps Tide Over ‘Sudden Crisis’: Calcutta HC Denies Daughter’s Plea For Appointment 13 Yrs After Father’s Death

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea by the writ petitioner, who challenged an order from the Chairman/Secretary, District Primary School Council, Dakshin Dinajpur (“Chairman’”), denying her compassionate appointment upon the passing of her father, who died-in-service in 2010.In upholding the order passed by the Chairman, a single-bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf observed:This...

Religious Freedoms Must Be Balanced With Fundamental Right To Electricity: Calcutta HC Allows High-Tension Wire Overhead Christian Minority Land

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the passage of a “high-tension transmission line” overhead of a plot of land owned by the St. Mary’s Technological Foundation, which catered to Christian minorities and students from weaker sections of society. The line in question was being installed by the WBSETCL, and the petitioners claimed that such a high-tension overhead...

"He’s An MP, He Doesn’t Have A Bank Account?": Calcutta HC Pulls Up ED Over Incomplete List Of Assets Held By Abhishek Banerjee

The Calcutta High Court today expressed serious doubts over the investigation being conducted by the CBI and ED into the multi-tier Cash-for-jobs scam, in which various high-level functionaries of the WB government are accused. Justice Amrita Sinha castigated the Assistant Director (ED) for filing incomplete details about the assets held by Abhishek Banerjee, an accused in the case, and...

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Permission To Organise 'Durga Puja', Asks Petitioner To Approach Appropriate Authority

The Calcutta High Court today dismissed a PIL filed by the Sonarpur Uttar Vidhan Sabha Saradutsab Committee, seeking the Court’s permission to construct a Durga Puja pandal and organise Durga Puja celebrations from 19th-25th October, near 45 A/B Bus Stand. Petitioners submitted that as declared by the High Court, Durga Puja is an inclusive festival celebrated by all across Bengal but,...

Calcutta High Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Two Accused Of Running ‘Fake’ Nursing College

The Calcutta High Court today issued non-bailable warrants to secure the appearance of two private respondents accused of setting up and running an illegal and unauthorised Nursing College in the district of Bankura, West Bengal, without any necessary affiliations, thereby compromising the integrity of an “emergency service.”On an earlier occasion, a division-bench of Chief Justice...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 18 To September 24, 2023

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 284 To 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 292NOMINAL INDEXAmit Polley Vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr. 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 284Ashis Khamrai v State of West Bengal and others 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 285Amna Parveen Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 286Kishore Kumar Singh Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors 2023 LiveLaw (Cal) 287State of West Bengal...

‘Gratuity Not A Charity’: Calcutta High Court Directs FCI To Pay Employee’s Gratuity, Says It Can Only Be Stopped If Employment Terminated

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Food Corporation of India (“FCI”) to pay a former employee's gratuity along with 8% interest, within four weeks in a challenge against withholding of his gratuity due to ongoing criminal investigations under allegations of ‘moral turpitude.’In setting aside the order of the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner, a single-bench of Justice Shekhar B...