Calcutta High Court Directs Authorities To Consider NEET Candidate's Disability Percentage In UDID Card For Eligibility Under PwD Category

The Calcutta High Court has directed the authorities to consider re-assessing a candidate who appeared for the NEET (UG) 2024 exam, and sought to be eligible under the PwD category.A single bench of Justice Jay Sengupta heard the candidate's plea to set aside the disability certificate issued by the Designated Disability NEET Screening Centre, IPGME&R, Kolkata which assessed the petitioner's disability at 31%, and directed the authorities to reconsider the petitioner's disability assessment...

'Police Must Eradicate Sense Of Fear Among Locals': Calcutta High Court Seeks State's Report On Communal Clashes In Beldanga

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday called for reports from the State government on alleged communal violence which has broken out in Beldanga in Murshidabad district, after a clash between two religious communities escalated into riotous conditions during the celebration of Kartick Puja.A division bench of Justices Harish Tandon and Hiranmay Bhattacharya directed the state to submit a report on the extent of the violence, as well as to provide medical assistance to the injured, restore the...

Govt Office Is Public Property, Any Political Party Ransacking It Must Be Appropriately Charged: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday took strong objection to a plea highlighting the alleged ransacking of a panchayat office by workers of a certain political party.A single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh remarked: "It's a government office. You must include PDPP (Prevention of Damage To Public Properties Act). People cannot just destroy public offices like this. Government office is a public property, any political party ransacking that, must be charged appropriately."The court was hearing a...

Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks Recusal Of Jugdes From Hearing Contempt Matter Over Allegedly 'Prejudicial Remarks'

A plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking the recusal of a division bench comprising Justices Debangsu Basak and Shabbar Rashidi from hearing an ongoing contempt matter due to allegedly prejudicial remarks made by the bench in the course of hearings.According to the petitioner, the bench while hearing the matter made some remarks to the petitioner's advocate which 'eroded'...

Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks CBI Probe Into 'Mysterious' Death Of Doctor At Jhargram Hospital

A plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of Dr Dipro Bhattacharya an anaesthetist at Jhargram Hospital.According to reports, the doctor was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a lodge in Jhargram, along with a note.It is alleged by the petitioners that the death of Bhattacharya was due to...

Scrutiny Notice Was Issued In Amalgamating Company's Name Despite Dept Knowing Of Amalgamation: Calcutta HC Declines To Apply S.292B Of Income Tax Act

The Calcutta High Court has refused to apply Section 292B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to a scrutiny notice issued in an amalgamating company's name, despite the Assessing Officer being aware about the company's amalgamation. Section 292-B provides that no notice or assessment or any proceedings can be deemed to be invalid merely for the reason of any mistake, defect or omission in...

Factual Examination Of Dispute Regarding 'Addition' Of Unexplained Cash Credit U/S 68 Of IT Act Is Beyond Scope Of Appeal U/S 260A: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has held that it cannot indulge in factual examination of the material produced or not produced by an assessee-company to explain the share capital and premium received by it, in an appeal filed under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act. A division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya thus refused to interfere with an...

Calcutta High Court Imposes 1500 Limit On Attendees At BJP's Rally In Howrah, Expresses Concerns Over 'Narrow Strech' Of Road

The Calcutta High Court has allowed a rally by the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kolkata's Howrah area, after permission had been refused by the police authorities. A single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh allowed permission for the rally, but expressed string exception over the fact that it had been scheduled to be held along a stretch of "narrow road" which was only 20 metres wide.Keeping in...

Calcutta High Court Declines To Quash Case Against Owner Of Nursing Home Over Death Of COVID Patient Due To Treatment By 'Fake Doctor'

The Calcutta High Court has declined to quash a case against the owner of a nursing home filed by the father of a lady suffering from COVID-19, who allegedly passed away due to treatment by a "fake doctor."A single bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held:"It is true that the petitioner in this application has made a conscious effort to distance herself from the other accused Sudipto Sardar...

Calcutta HC Declines To Quash Case Against 'Online Legal Services' Company For Allegedly Cheating Lady Who Sought Advice On Credit Card Scam

The Calcutta High Court has declined to quash a criminal case against the proprietors of a 'legal services' online company who allegedly duped a lady who had been a victim of a credit card scam and had approached them through Google to help her report the same.A single bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta held:It appears that under the banner of one Website, namely,...

Calcutta High Court Pulls Up Lawyer's Juniors For 'Threatening' Dept To Admit Appeal Without Order Copy

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reprimanded a lawyer and his juniors for filing an appeal against a single judge order without either a server or certified copy of the order under challenge.A division bench comprising of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya had on an earlier occasion allowed the filing of the appeal without the certified copy of the order.On this occasion, when the appeal came...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 4th To November, 10th, 2024

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