High Court Declines Urgent Hearing For Plea Challenging Fresh Strike Called By Junior Doctors In West Bengal

The Calcutta High Court has declined an urgent hearing for a plea challenging a fresh strike called by junior doctors in West Bengal in response to the brutal incident of rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar hospital. Junior doctors across the state had initially protested against the incident, demanding safety at the workplace and accountability of those running the institutions....

Calcutta High Court To Hear Plea Seeking Registration Of FIR Against Ex-CP Vineet Goyal For Revealing Name Of RG Kar Victim To Media

The Calcutta High Court on Friday, listed a matter seeking the registration of an FIR against former Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal, for revealing the name of the victim of the brutal rape and murder which occurred at RG Kar hospital last month. Goyal had been transferred from his post as commissioner after junior doctors who were protesting the state's handling of the rape-murder...

Calcutta High Court Denies Relief To Retd IPS Officer For Remarks On Women Working In Red-Light Areas While Speaking On RG Kar Incident

The Calcutta High Court has denied anticipatory bail to retired IPS officer Pankaj Datta, who was booked under Sections 79 (insulting and provoking a person, with the intention to make such person to commit any offence) and 352 (breaking the public peace, or to commit any other offence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).It was alleged that Datta, who had been invited by Presidency...

MGNREGA Schemes Cannot Be Withheld Due To Enquiry Into Irregular Disbursement Of Amount To Certain Beneficiaries: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has directed the state government to consider implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to ensure that rural-unskilled labourers are provided with work and a source of income.A division bench presided by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam has been hearing the present matter and appointed a task force to look into allegations of the...

Hopeful That Move As Meghalaya HC Court Chief Justice Will Bring About Long-Expected Change In Calcutta High Court: Justice IP Mukherji

On Monday, Justice Indra Prasanna Mukherji bid farewell to the Calcutta High Court. Justice Mukherji who was elevated to the bench on 18th May 2009, was recently transferred as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.Justice Mukherji, who is a third-generation lawyer, enrolled as an advocate in 1990 and continued his practice till his elevation nineteen years later.In his farewell...

90-Day Timeline In Section 18(5) Of MSME Act Is Directory : Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has held that the 90-day timeline for completion of the arbitral proceeding under Section 18(5) of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSME Act) is directory, not mandatory, and does not terminate or affect the validity of mandate of the MSME Facilitation Council as Arbitrator....

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 23rd September To 29th September, 2024

NOMINAL INDEXCourt On Its Own Motion Vs. XXXX(Victim Girl) & Anr Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 215Principal Commissioner Of Income Tax – 1, Kolkata v. Bothra Shipping Services Private Limited Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 216Jayashree Electromech Private Limited v. The West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 217Damodar Valley Corporation vs. Reliance Infrastructure Limited Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 218Calcutta High Court Directs Enquiry...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Rs. 780 Crore Arbitration Award In Favour Of Reliance Infrastructure, Refuses Pre Award Interest

The Calcutta High Court division bench, comprising Justice I. P. Mukerji and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury, has upheld the arbitral award amounting to Rs 780 crore in favour of Reliance Infrastructure Limited, with the exception of relief on pre-award interest and reduction in the rate of interest on bank guarantee. The court observed that the grant of pre-award interest was patently...

Commenced Enrolment In Compliance With SC Guidelines To Enable Final-Year Students To Appear For AIBE: WB Bar Council Tells Calcutta High Court

The Bar Council of West Bengal has told the Calcutta High Court that it has commenced the enrolment process of advocates in compliance with the Supreme Court's recently laid guidelines in order to enable final-year law students to appear in the upcoming All India Bar Examination (AIBE).The Supreme Court had laid down guidelines for Bar Councils to levy a certain fixed sum as enrolment fees,...

Calcutta High Court Issues Notice On Plea Claiming Presence Of "Threat Nexus Syndicate" At State-Run Hospitals

The Calcutta High Court has sought a response from the state authorities on a plea which alleged the presence of a "threat culture" at state-run West Bengal Medical Colleges and Hospitals."If any of these allegations are found to be correct, then this a very serious issue," remarked Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam.It was stated by the petitioners that there was a prevalence of reports regarding...

Compliance With Pre-Arbitration Formalities Not Mandatory; Can Be Waived By Consensus: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has held that compliance of the pre-arbitration stages can be waived by consensus. The court observed that forcing the petitioner back to the rigmarole of pre-arbitration formalities would be an unnecessary and futile exercise.Brief Facts:The petitioner, Jayashree Electromech Private Limited, was awarded six letters...

Enterprise Contracting With Assignee Of Govt Recognised Concessionaire For Developing “Infrastructural Facility” Can Claim Deduction U/S 80IA(4) Of Income Tax Act: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has held that an enterprise contracting with the assignee of a government recognised concessionaire for infrastructure development can, based on facts and circumstances of the case, be given the benefit of deduction under Section 80IA(4) of the Income Tax Act 1961.The provision prescribes deductions in respect of enterprises engaged in infrastructure...