Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court Directs Bengal Govt To Ensure 1% Reservation For Transgender Persons In All Public Employment
In a landmark development, the Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to ensure 1% reservation for all transgender persons in public employment in the State, in accordance with the Supreme Court's NALSA guidelines.A single bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha held:This Court, however, notes that in terms of paragraph 135 (3) in the National Legal Service Authority Vs. Union...
Calcutta High Court Directs Union, State Govts To Find Alternate Accommodation For Central Forces Housed In Schools & Colleges To Allow Reopening
The Calcutta High Court has directed the Central and State governments to consider moving central forces currently located inside various schools and colleges in West Bengal due to the Lok Sabha elections, to allow the schools and colleges to be re-opened after their summer vacations.A bench of Justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya observed the seriousness of the matter and held...
Calcutta High Court Directs CBI To Reinstate Gorkha Leader Bimal Gurung As Accused In 2010 Madan Tamang Murder Case
The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to reinstate Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung in a 2010 murder case of Madan Tamang. who was a leader of the All India Gorkha League.Tamang, who was vocally opposed to the violent means and corruption in the GJM, was brutally hacked to death in 2010 when members of the GJM stormed his...
Settlement Of Dispute By Expert Is Not Arbitration, No Intention To Submit To Independent Arbitrator: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar held that a clause laying down the settlement of the dispute by an expert cannot be said to be an arbitration clause. The bench held that an arbitral tribunal arrives at its decision on the evidence and submissions of the parties and must apply the law. It held that an expert, unless it is agreed otherwise, makes his own...
No Place For Violence In Democratic Polity: Calcutta High Court Extends Tenure Of Central Forces Deployed In WB Due To Allegations Of Post-Poll Violence
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday passed an interim order directing an extension of the tenure of Central Forces deployed in West Bengal during the Lok Sabha elections, due to allegations of post-poll violence.A division bench of Justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharya was taking up PILs moved by the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari and Priyanka Tibrewal, requesting the court's intervention...
Calcutta High Court Cautions ED Officers Against 'Lax Attitude' While Probing Recruitment Scam In Bengal
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday cautioned the Enfocement Directorate's (ED) officers against adopting a 'lax attitude' while probing the mulit-tier recruitment scam in West Bengal under the monitoring of the Court. A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha told DSG Dhiraj Trivedi that the Court was getting information that the officers of the ED had become lax in their approach to...
Calcutta High Court Extends Stay On Investigation Against BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Over Allegations Of Cash, Firearms Recovered From Residence
The Calcutta High Court has extended a stay on an investigation against BJP leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, over allegations of cash and firearms recovered from his residence, registered in the name of his secretary, in the lead-up to the 2024 general elections.A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha had earlier stayed the investigation, and at the present hearing, extended the stay...
Calcutta High Court Directs CISF To Verify Whether CCTV Cameras Installed By WB Police Outside BJP Leader's Residence Were Invading His Privacy
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the CISF personnel assigned to BJP leader Arjun Singh, to check whether the CCTV cameras installed outside Singh's residence, by the West Bengal police were invading his privacy.A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha directed the CISF to approach the state police to ascertain the complaint and to seek access to the CCTV cameras installed in front...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Single Judge's Order Which Held That Hookah Bars Could Not Be Shut Down Until State Govt Enacts Law To Ban Them
The Calcutta High Court has upheld an order passed by a single bench which had held that hookah bars across the state of West Bengal could not be shut down pursuant to the court's orders until the state government enacted a law banning their operation.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya upheld an earlier order passed by a bench of Justice...
Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 3rd June To 9th June, 2024
Nominal IndexAnkit Kumar Agarwal Versus The Assistant Commissioner of State Tax, Taltala Charge & Ors. Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 137Dr. Rathin Chakraborty Vs. The Election Commission of India and Ors Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 138Union Of India & Anr. Vs M/S Ramswarup Lohh Udyog & Ors Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 139Principal Commissioner Of Income Tax-9, Kolkata Vs. Bina...
State Cannot Prolong Delay In Releasing Employees' Pension Under Guise Of Public Interest & Accountability: Calcutta High Court
A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Aniruddha Roy, while deciding Writ Petition in the case of Sri Kunal Chandra Sen vs. State of West Bengal & Ors., held that the state cannot use public interest and accountability as an excuse to indefinitely delay the release of employees' pensions. Background Facts Sri Kunal Chandra Sen...
Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: May 2024
NOMINAL INDEXAKASH SHARMA VS UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 103 Partha Chatterjee. -vs.- Enforcement Directorate 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 104 Dr. Tapas Kumar Mandal Vs. UOI & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 105 Harendra Nath Bishayi vs State of West Bengal & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal) 106 M/s. Dalhousie Jute Company Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Cal)...