Calcutta High Court Orders Police Picket Outside Rabindra Bharati University Over Protest By Dismissed Employees

The Calcutta High Court has directed police presence outside Shantiniketan's Rabindra Bharati University campus to ensure the safe ingress and egress of officials in a plea seeking police assistance outside the campus due to an ongoing protest by dismissed employees of the university.Justice Jay Sengupta held: Even if the dismissed employees or others want to protest, the same has to be in a peaceful manner and without violating the right of the officials of the University to enter and exit the...

SC Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma From Delhi HC To Calcutta HC

The Supreme Court Collegium today recommended the transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, from Delhi High Court to Calcutta High Court.Justice Sharma was elevated from the Delhi Higher Judicial Service to the Delhi High Court in February 2022.

Calcutta High Court Urges Jadavpur University To Remove Non-Students From Campus, Says It Can't Shy Away From Regulating Entry Of Outsiders

The Court also prohibited the University from inviting any political persons for their functions after violent clashes broke out between students and the education minister's convoy.

Calcutta High Court Issues Contempt Rule Against Lawyers Who Created Ruckus In Trial Court, Abused Judge & Evacuated Accused From Courtroom

The Calcutta High Court has issued rule of contempt against six lawyers from Basirhat court who, in 2012, had allegedly created a ruckus inside the courtroom, abused the trial judge, intimidated the litigants and evacuated the accused from inside the courtroom under the garb of the agistation. A division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi held: "...6 persons against...

Prescribing Pre-Qualification Criteria By Authority In Tender Document Cannot Be Considered Arbitrary If Conditions Are Reasonable: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das has held that the imposition of pre-qualification conditions by the tender-inviting authority cannot be interfered with by the courts when sufficient guidelines have been provided in the tender documents on how the authority's discretion shall be exercised. Brief...

Calcutta High Court Declines Plea Challenging Shift Of NCLT Kolkata Premises To New Town, Says Talks For Shifting Of HC Also In Pipeline

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the proposed shift of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Kolkata premises, away from its present location near the High Court, to a new area in the city's New Town area.Justice Amrita Sinha held: "From time immemorial people have resisted to change and shift from one place to the other. Relocation is painful. Adjusting to a new...

Government Employee Dying A Day Before 60th Birthday Is Deemed Under 60, Dependent Eligible For Compassionate Appointment : Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench comprising of Saugata Bhattacharyya, J. held that a government employee is deemed not to have completed 60 years of age if they die one day before their 60th birthday, therefore making their dependent eligible for compassionate appointment. Background Facts The petitioner applied for appointment on compassionate ground in a secondary school after death...

Practise Of Keeping Default Bail Applications Pending Till Chargesheet Is Filed Must Be Strongly Discouraged: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the practice of keeping applications for "default bail" pending by trial courts till a chargesheet is submitted by investigating agencies must be strongly discouraged.A division bench Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray held: "...Some courts keep the application for “default bail” pending for some days so that in the meantime a charge-sheet...

RG Kar Rape-Murder | "Did You Ever Believe More Than One Person Was Involved?": Calcutta High Court Asks CBI, Calls For Report

The Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the CBI whether it had ever believed that more than one person, other than convict Sanjoy Roy was involved in the RG Kar rape and murder case or the larger conspiracy to cover up the incident.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was hearing a plea by the victim's parents seeking further investigation after the Supreme Court asked them to approach the HC for relief....

"Under Which Law Were They Detained?" Calcutta High Court Questions Detention Of Students Who Were Allegedly Tortured In Custody

The Calcutta High Court has expressed concern over the lack of answers presented by the state police on the detention and alleged custodial torture of three female college students at a women's police station in North Bengal. "Ask your [officer] under what provision were they taken? Today morning I was shattered when the SDPO rank officer could not answer. Its not that protests don't happen,...

Non-Signatories To Arbitration Agreement Can Be Made Party To Dispute If Reliefs Sought Against Them Align With Those Sought Against Signatories: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Uday Kumar has observed that if the reliefs against the non-signatories to the arbitration agreement are in harmony with the reliefs sought against the signatories, particularly when the legal relationship between the signatories and non-signatories are on the same platform vis-a-vis the cause of action of the suit and...

Authority Imposing Damages Must Provide Detailed Reasoning For Penalties Under EPF Act: Calcutta HC

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) dismissed a writ petition challenging the Central Industrial Tribunal's order that had set aside damages imposed by the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner. The Court held that authorities imposing damages under Section 14B of the Employees' Provident Fund Act must provide detailed reasoning and proper calculation...