Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Temporarily Restrains WB Police From Probing Allegations Of Firearms & Cash Found At BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari's Secy's Premises
The Calcutta High Court has restrained the West Bengal police from investigating complaints of firearms and large sums of cash allegedly found at the residence-cum-office of BJP leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, which was in the name of his personal secretary.A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha stayed the police's investigation till 17th June based on a coordinate bench's order which...
Calcutta High Court Directs POSH Committee To Reconsider WBNUJS Professor's Allegation Of Sexual Harassment Against Vice-Chancellor
The Calcutta High Court has directed the local committee, 24-Parganas (North), constituted under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (in short, the Act of 2013) ("POSH Committee") to reconsider a complaint by a professor of NUJS Kolkata, accusing the University's Vice-Chancellor ('VC') of sexual harassment. The POSH Committee in...
BREAKING | Calcutta High Court Cancels OBC Certificates Issued In West Bengal After 2010, Scraps OBC Classification Of 37 Communities
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday cancelled all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010. The Court clarified that those who had attained employment on the benefit of the act and were already in service because of such reservation would not be affected by the order.A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Rajasekhar Mantha delivered the...
[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Dismisses BJP's Appeal Against Order Restraining It From Running Allegedly Derogatory Ads Against TMC
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against an order by a single judge which restrained it from printing certain allegedly derogatory advertisements against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) which violated the model code of conduct during the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 13th May To 19th May, 2024
NOMINAL INDEXBadal Kumar Mandal vs. Chairman Indian Museum Board Of Trust And Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 117Malda District Central Cooperative Bank Employees Association and others Vs. The Election Commission of India and others 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 118Rita Ghoshdastidar v. St. Joseph & Mary's School and Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 119MFAR Constructions Private Limited vs Bengal Shristi...
Belonged To RSS From Childhood To Youth, Ready To Go Back: Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash Bids Farewell To Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Monday bid farewell to Justice Chitta Ranjan Dash in a full-court reference.Justice Dash graduated in Law from Madhu Sudan Law College, Cuttack in the year, in 1985. Obtained Degree of LL.M. as a Non-collegiate candidate in Utkal University.He enrolled as an Advocate in 1986 and joined the service in the Cadre of Orissa Superior Judicial Service (Senior Branch) as...
[Lok Sabha Elections] Calcutta High Court Restrains BJP From Running Advertisements Against TMC Which Violated Model Code Of Conduct, Slams ECI For Inaction
The Court clarified that during elections the print media shall refrain from publishing any unverified information against any candidate or political party either directly or impliedly as per guidelines issued by the Press Council of India.
Share Application Money Or Repayment Doesn't Attract Penalty Section 269SS And 269T: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that if the share application money is neither a loan nor a deposit, then neither Section 269SS nor 269T of the Income Tax Act, 1961 shall apply. Consequently, no penalty, either under Section 271D or under Section 271E of the Income Tax Act, 1961, could be imposed.The bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj has observed that...
Income Tax Dept. Failed To Incorporate Revised CPWD Rates As Quantum Of Rent For Building: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that the income tax department was delaying the matter for a prolonged period and failed to incorporate the revised Central Public Works Department (CPWD) rates as the quantum of rent for the building.The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, while dismissing the appeal filed by the department, observed that ultimately...
No Prima Facie Case: Calcutta High Court Orders Release Of Sandeshkhali BJP Worker Who Was Accused Of Fabricating Evidence By Local BJP Leader In 'Sting Video'
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the release of local Sandeshkhali leader Mampi Das who was arrested by the police after allegations by BJP leader Gangadhar Kayal surfaced in a sting operation video, claiming that Das was crucial in threatening witnesses to give false evidence, and staging women's protests.Notably, the CBI is probing allegations of rape and land-grabbing committed against...
Calcutta High Court Stays FIR Against Former Judge & BJP Lok Sabha Candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay; Cites SC Order In Arvind Kejriwal Case
The Calcutta High Court has extended interim relief to former judge and BJP Lok Sabha candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay in an FIR registered against him for allegedly assaulting protesting teachers who had lost their jobs pursuant to a High Court order in West Bengal's Tamluk, while participating in a BJP rally.Earlier, Gangopadhyay's plea was placed before Justice Jay Sengupta who recused...
Retracted Statement Can't Be Said To Be Involuntary Without Being Examined By Court: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that it is the duty cast upon the court to examine the correctness of the validity of the retraction, the point of time at which the retraction was made, whether the retraction was consistent, and whether it was merely a ruse. The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has observed that if the tribunal was of the view that...