Narada Case: Calcutta High Court Defers Hearing due to Unavoidable Circumstances
3 years, 7 months ago

Narada Case: Calcutta High Court Defers Hearing due to Unavoidable Circumstances

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday deferred hearing in the case filed by CBI against bail given to TMC leaders arrested by the agency in the Narada sting tape case due to unavoidable circumstances. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijeet Banerjee is hearing an application by the Central Bureau of Investigations, to transfer the bail applications from the Special CBI Court to the High Court citing unprecedented mob pressures by supporters of the jailed leaders. “Due to unavoidable circumstances, the First Division Bench will not assemble today,” a notice in the Calcutta High Court website said. Earlier the high court on Monday night stayed the CBI court’s decision to grant bail to West Bengal ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former mayor of Kolkata Sovan Chatterjee, arrested and charge-sheeted by the CBI in the Narada sting case.

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Calcutta High Court allows junior doctors front in Bengal to hold protests over R.G. Kar issue
3 days, 6 hours ago

Calcutta High Court allows junior doctors front in Bengal to hold protests over R.G. Kar issue

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed representatives of West Bengal Junior Doctors Front to hold protests at Kolkata Esplanade area over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor earlier this year but restricted the gathering to 200 and 250 members at a time. The WBJDF has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to hold protests after a …

Supreme Court Expresses Disinclination To Stay Karnataka Lokayukta Investigation In DK Shivakumar Disproportionate Assets Case
1 week ago

Supreme Court Expresses Disinclination To Stay Karnataka Lokayukta Investigation In DK Shivakumar Disproportionate Assets Case

Live Law  

In pleas challenging withdrawal of consent accorded by Karnataka government for CBI to prosecute Congress leader and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case, the Supreme Court today expressed disinclination to pass any interim order regarding ongoing investigation by Karnataka Lokayukta.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the matter, arising out of. In pleas challenging …

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024
1 week ago

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024

Live Law  

Nominal Index Manoj George v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 782 Manohari R v The Deputy Tahsildar, 2024 LiveLaw 783 DBS Bank India Ltd v The State of Kerala and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 784 M Shammy Kumar v State of Kerala & Connected Matter, 2024 LiveLaw 785 Nishad Padinjare Peediyekkal V Hyderiyya Masjid Mahall Committee, 2024 LiveLaw 786 State Bank …

POCSO Case | High Court Grants Relief To Journalist Chitra Tripathi, Sets Aside Gurugram Court's Arrest Warrants
2 weeks ago

POCSO Case | High Court Grants Relief To Journalist Chitra Tripathi, Sets Aside Gurugram Court's Arrest Warrants

Live Law  

In a relief to TV News Anchor and Journalist Chitra Tripathi, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside two orders of the Gurugram Court, issuing a non-bailable warrant of arrest against her in connection with a POCSO Case. It may be noted charges against 8 Journalists, including anchors Deepak Chaurasia, Chitra Tripathi, and Ajit Anjum, Syed Sohail, have …

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge
4 weeks ago

Supreme Court scraps CBI probe, sets up SIT to investigate Bengal torture charge

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a special investigation team of West Bengal police to investigate allegations of custodial torture of two women who took part in the protests following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. “We have a lot of faith in the young IPS officers,” a …

RG Kar Protests: Supreme Court Forms SIT To Probe Alleged Custodial Torture of 2 Women By Police
4 weeks ago

RG Kar Protests: Supreme Court Forms SIT To Probe Alleged Custodial Torture of 2 Women By Police

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged custodial torture of two women arrested amid protests that took place in West Bengal after the horrific rape and murder of an in-duty trainee doctor at the government run RG Kar Medical College. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with West …

'Senior WB Police Officers Competent, No Need For CBI' : Supreme Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Custodial Torture Allegations By RG Kar Protestors
4 weeks ago

'Senior WB Police Officers Competent, No Need For CBI' : Supreme Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Custodial Torture Allegations By RG Kar Protestors

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the allegations of custodial torture of 2 women arrested amid protests that took place in West Bengal after the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder incident.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with State of West Bengal's challenge to a Calcutta High Court order which directed …

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Suspended TMC Leader Kuntal Ghosh In Recruitment Scam Case
1 month ago

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Suspended TMC Leader Kuntal Ghosh In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to suspended Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in the cash-for-jobs recruitment scam case being investigated by the CBI and ED.While Justice Suvra Ghosh granted bail to the accused subject to a bond of Rs 10 lakhs, he will remain in custody in another case being investigated by the CBI.The petitioner stated that …

Calcutta high court seeks report from govt on Beldanga clashes
1 month ago

Calcutta high court seeks report from govt on Beldanga clashes

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Tuesday sought a report from the West Bengal police on the recent violence at Beldanga in Murshidabad district following two separate petitions by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the state. A division bench of the Calcutta High Court will hear the case again on Wednesday Koustav Bagchi, a lawyer and Bengal BJP leader, …

Calcutta High Court Pulls Up Lawyer's Juniors For 'Threatening' Dept To Admit Appeal Without Order Copy
1 month, 1 week ago

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

Live Law  

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 …

Calcutta High Court Declines To Hear Former RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh's Plea For Bail, Directs Him To Approach Trial Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Calcutta High Court Declines To Hear Former RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh's Plea For Bail, Directs Him To Approach Trial Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has declined to hear a plea for bail moved by former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, who has been arrested by the CBI in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the college, as well as the rape and murder of a trainee doctor on the college campus.A single bench of Justice …

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Man Imprisoned On Suspicion Of Being Associated With Banned Bangladeshi Terrorist Outfit
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To Man Imprisoned On Suspicion Of Being Associated With Banned Bangladeshi Terrorist Outfit

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to a Bangladeshi national, who was arrested in 2016, on the suspicion of being associated with the banned terrorist organisation Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.A division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Gaurang Kanth allowed the bail application moved by Abdul Kalim alias Azad.It was stated that the petitioner was in custody for more. The Calcutta …

‘No Evidence Of Gang-rape But Looking Into…’: What CBI Said On Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case
3 months ago

‘No Evidence Of Gang-rape But Looking Into…’: What CBI Said On Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case

News 18  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday told a special court in Kolkata that there is currently no evidence to support claims that the trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was gang-raped, and stated that the investigation is still ongoing. The central probe agency made this statement while requesting a three-day extension of custody for Sandip Ghosh, …

West Bengal school jobs row: SC to hear pleas challenging Calcutta HC verdict on September 24
3 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal school jobs row: SC to hear pleas challenging Calcutta HC verdict on September 24

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear on September 24 the pleas of the West Bengal government and others challenging a Calcutta High Court order that invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff in state government and aided schools. The top court on May 7 granted a major relief to teachers and non-teaching staff of West …

SC To Resume Hearing Kolkata Doctor Rape And Murder Case — A Recap Of Developments In Court So Far
3 months, 2 weeks ago

SC To Resume Hearing Kolkata Doctor Rape And Murder Case — A Recap Of Developments In Court So Far

ABP News  

As the Supreme Court will resume hearing on Monday the suo-motu petition in the brutal rape and murder of an on duty trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, here's a recap of developments in the top court so far. The top court while hearing the case pertaining to the brutal rape and murder …

SC issues notice to Chanda Kochhar, husband on CBI’s appeal in loan fraud case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

SC issues notice to Chanda Kochhar, husband on CBI’s appeal in loan fraud case

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies from ICICI Bank’s former managing director Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the invalidation of their arrest by the agency in connection with the alleged ₹3,250-crore Videocon loan fraud case. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and PV Sanjay Kumar issued …

Kolkata protests: Supreme Court dismisses W.B. Govt's plea against bail to Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata protests: Supreme Court dismisses W.B. Govt's plea against bail to Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the West Bengal Government’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order granting bail to one of the organisers of the August 27 march to the State Secretariat to protest against a trainee woman doctor’s rape and murder. The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Paschim Banga Chhtra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri. Acting …

West Bengal Post-Poll Violence : Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Order Transferring Trial Of One Case, Says No Proper Service Of Notice To Accused
4 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal Post-Poll Violence : Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Order Transferring Trial Of One Case, Says No Proper Service Of Notice To Accused

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on August 9 set aside an order of the Calcutta High Court, transferring the trial commenced at Coochbehar to Special CBI Court at Siliguri in the case lodged in the aftermath of the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections for serious offences including murder and rape.The Supreme Court set aside the High Court order on the grounds …

SC rejects WB govt's plea against HC order directing CBI probe into allegations in Sandeshkhali
5 months, 2 weeks ago

SC rejects WB govt's plea against HC order directing CBI probe into allegations in Sandeshkhali

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by the West Bengal government challenging the Calcutta High Court's order which directed a CBI investigation into the allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali. While hearing the plea on April 29, the apex court asked the West Bengal government as to why the state should …

Calcutta High Court Directs Release Of Man Arrested For Making Untoward Remarks In Comment Box During CM Mamata Banerjee's Facebook Live-Stream
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Directs Release Of Man Arrested For Making Untoward Remarks In Comment Box During CM Mamata Banerjee's Facebook Live-Stream

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has ordered the release of a man who was arrested for making allegedly untoward and 'defamatory' comments against certain government functionaries during a Facebook live stream of an administrative meeting held by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.A single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha directed the release of the accused upon holding that the police's actions in arresting. …

Delhi High Court Will Hear Arvind Kejriwal's Case Against His Arrest
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Will Hear Arvind Kejriwal's Case Against His Arrest

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi high court will hear on Tuesday chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The trial court had on June 29 remanded Mr Kejriwal to judicial custody until July 12 as his three-day CBI custody ended in the excise policy case. After …

CBI misled Supreme Court, arrested Kejriwal despite claiming probe was complete, says Sanjay Singh
5 months, 3 weeks ago

CBI misled Supreme Court, arrested Kejriwal despite claiming probe was complete, says Sanjay Singh

The Hindu  

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on June 30 said the Central Bureau of Investigation was “misleading” the Supreme Court and had arrested Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the sole reason of keeping political opponents in jail. Announcing at a press conference that all parties under the INDIA bloc would protest on Parliament premises against the …

NEET question leak case: Two accused on CBI remand for interrogation till July 4
5 months, 3 weeks ago

NEET question leak case: Two accused on CBI remand for interrogation till July 4

Hindustan Times  

NEET question paper leak case: The central bureau of investigation, probing the NEET question paper leak case, on Wednesday took two accused on remand for interrogation after the special Court granted seven days remand. Sources said that the CBI sought remand from the court for necessary interrogation of two accused for further proceedings. After hearing the prayer by the CBI …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Madras High Court to hear plea for CBI probe on June 21
6 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: Madras High Court to hear plea for CBI probe on June 21

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has decided to hear on Friday, June 21, 2024, two public interest litigations seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Kallakurichi spurious liquor tragedy that has so far claimed over 30 lives and left many others hospitalised. Since Acting Chief Justice R. Mahadevan is sitting at the Madurai Bench this week, two advocates on …

Calcutta High Court extends central forces tenure in WB
6 months, 1 week ago

Calcutta High Court extends central forces tenure in WB

Op India  

On 12th June, the Calcutta High Court issued an interim order extending the tenure of Central Forces deployed in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal given post-poll violence rampant in the state. #BREAKING 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 | ⁦@Srinjoy77⁩#LokSabhaElections2024 #PostPollViolencehttps://t.co/3i9Vq8TWhd — Live …

Karnataka High Court directs Bhavani Revanna to appear before SIT on Friday
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court directs Bhavani Revanna to appear before SIT on Friday

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Keeping in abeyance the non-bailable warrant issued against Bhavani Revanna, who is facing the charges for allegedly kidnapping a victim of a sexual assault allegedly involving her son, former MP Prajwal Revanna. Justice Krishna S Dixit passed the interim order keeping the NBW in abeyance after the assurance given by the senior counsel Sandesh Chouta that Bhavani Revanna will …

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Savukku Shankar’s Goondas detention: Chennai Police ask third judge to refer petition against detention back to a Division Bench

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai City Police on Thursday, June 6, 2024, filed a sub application before the Madras High Court claiming that Justice G. Jayachandran had agreed with the view taken by Justice P.B. Balaji, in a habeas corpus petition filed against YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar’s detention under the Goondas Act, and therefore, the case must now be referred …

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on the legality of the detention of jailed YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar under the Goondas Act in the wake of his arrest in five different cases including the ones relating to denigrating women police personnel in an interview and possession of ganja. Justice GR Swaminathan, who was presiding the division …

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays CBI probe into state govt officials’ role
7 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays CBI probe into state govt officials’ role

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe West Bengal government officials' role in an alleged teacher recruitment scam. The court was hearing a plea by the West Bengal government against a high court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff. The Mamata Banerjee-led state government …

'How can government protect individual interest?' Supreme Court raps Bengal on Sandeshkhali
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'How can government protect individual interest?' Supreme Court raps Bengal on Sandeshkhali

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded the West Bengal government for opposing the CBI investigation into the Sandeshkhali issue and questioned how a state government can approach the top court to protect the interests of an individual. The bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta refused to issue any stay on the High Court's order directing a CBI …

Plea in Calcutta HC to take action against Mamata Banerjee for calling judges sold and biased
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Plea in Calcutta HC to take action against Mamata Banerjee for calling judges sold and biased

Op India  

On 25th April, a group of attorneys sought the Calcutta High Court to consider the statements made by All India Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against the High Court on a suo motu basis. What Mamata Banerjee had alleged The Calcutta High Court’s order cancelling all appointments made through a 2016 teacher recruitment test was …

Bengal School Recruitment Scam Case: Calcutta High Court To Deliver Verdict On Monday
8 months ago

Bengal School Recruitment Scam Case: Calcutta High Court To Deliver Verdict On Monday

ABP News  

Kolkata, Apr 20 The Calcutta High Court will on Monday pronounce its judgement on petitions and appeals relating to alleged irregularities in the selection of candidates in West Bengal government- The CBI, which investigated the case on an order of the high court, arrested former state education minister Partha Chatterjee and some functionaries who held positions in the West Bengal …

Excise scam: Delhi court reserves order on CBI’s plea seeking Kavitha’s 5-day custody
8 months, 1 week ago

Excise scam: Delhi court reserves order on CBI’s plea seeking Kavitha’s 5-day custody

The Hindu  

The Rouse Avenue Court on Friday, April 12, 2024 reserved its order on the Central Bureau of Investigation ‘ plea to take Bharat Rashtriya Samiithi leader K. Kavitha, arrested in connection with a corruption case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, for five-day police custody. Ms. Kavitha was produced was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court after her …

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali incident
8 months, 1 week ago

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali incident

Op India  

On Wednesday, the Calcutta High Court ordered a court-monitored CBI investigation to probe the allegations of Sandeshkhali locals who had levelled serious allegations of extortion, land grabbing, and institutional sexual assault against TMC strongmen Shahjahan Sheikh and his accomplices. #WATCH | On the Calcutta High Court order in the Sandeshkhali case, Advocate Alok Srivastav says, "A landmark order has been …

SC dismisses Delhi HC verdict, orders CBI probe into death of Manipuri woman
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SC dismisses Delhi HC verdict, orders CBI probe into death of Manipuri woman

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi, Mar 26 Unresolved crimes tend to erode public trust in the institutions which have been established for maintaining law and order, the Supreme Court has said while directing a CBI probe into the death of a 25-year-old Manipuri woman who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her rented house in south Delhi in 2013. The deceased woman's …

SC dismisses West Bengal’s challenge to Calcutta HC’s transfer of probe into the attack on ED’s team at Sandeshkhali to CBI
9 months, 1 week ago

SC dismisses West Bengal’s challenge to Calcutta HC’s transfer of probe into the attack on ED’s team at Sandeshkhali to CBI

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on March 11 rejected a petition filed by the State of West Bengal challenging a Calcutta High Court order transferring to the Central Bureau of Investigation the probe into an attack on a team of Directorate of Enforcement officers at Sandeshkhali on January 5. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, however, ordered expunging certain remarks and observations made against …

Hand Shahjahan to CBI, Calcutta HC tells Bengal
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hand Shahjahan to CBI, Calcutta HC tells Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal police and the Central Bureau of Investigation were locked in a custody battle on Tuesday, with the former citing an appeal by the state government in the Supreme Court as grounds for refusing to hand over Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan to the latter as mandated by a high court order. Earlier in the day, the Calcutta high …

TMC govt refuses to hand over Shahjahan Sheikh to CBI despite HC order, moves SC
9 months, 2 weeks ago

TMC govt refuses to hand over Shahjahan Sheikh to CBI despite HC order, moves SC

Live Mint  

The West Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order for the Central Bureau of Investigation to be handed over the custody of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in the Sandeshkhali case. Before the Bengal government's action, the Calcutta High Court had directed that the CBI be handed over the case of attack on ED officials …

Calcutta HC orders Mamata Govt to hand over custody of Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI, WB Govt moves SC against the order
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta HC orders Mamata Govt to hand over custody of Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI, WB Govt moves SC against the order

Op India  

On Tuesday, March 5, the Calcutta High Court dismissed the SIT formed to probe the arrest of TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and handed over the probe to the CBI. “Hand over Trinamool strongman Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI by 4.30 pm,” Calcutta High Court said while issuing an ultimatum to the Bengal government. After the Calcutta High Court order, the Mamata …

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Plea To Transfer Investigation Against Shahjahan Sheikh To CBI
9 months, 2 weeks ago

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Plea To Transfer Investigation Against Shahjahan Sheikh To CBI

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday was told by ASG SV Raju that the State police, which had arrested Shahjahan Sheikh-prime accused in the unrest in Sandeshkhali, was attempting to frustrate the investigation since they were in collusion with the accused.Counsel prayed that the investigation into the attacks on the ED officials at Sandeshkhali, be transferred to the Central Bureau …

Calcutta HC: CBI or ED can Arrest Shahjahan; Suvendu Claims TMC Don Already in Safe Custody
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta HC: CBI or ED can Arrest Shahjahan; Suvendu Claims TMC Don Already in Safe Custody

Deccan Chronicle  

A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya of the HC gave the liberty to the central agencies in a clarification, sought by state advocate general Kishore Datta in the February 26-order. The bench later stated, “As of date, what has been stayed is only the constitution of an SIT, Therefore it is well open to …

Calcutta High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Seeking 'Protection' For Women In Violence-Affected Sandeshkhali
10 months ago

Calcutta High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Seeking 'Protection' For Women In Violence-Affected Sandeshkhali

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused urgent hearing for a plea seeking orders for the 'protection of women residents' of Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, amidst allegations of sexual violence faced by them from certain miscreants allegedly belonging to the ruling dispensation.Live Law had earlier reported on a suo moto motion taken up by the Calcutta High Court regarding the aforesaid …

Contain indiscipline at Calcutta High Court with an iron hand
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Contain indiscipline at Calcutta High Court with an iron hand

New Indian Express  

A dramatic takedown in the Calcutta High Court brought the higher judiciary under a cloud last week and forced Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud to suo motu set up a five-member Constitution bench to stem the rot. It all began with Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordering a CBI probe into an alleged medical seat scam using fake ST certificates …

SC stays proceedings before two Calcutta HC benches after row between judges
10 months, 3 weeks ago

SC stays proceedings before two Calcutta HC benches after row between judges

Hindustan Times  

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court stayed all proceedings pending before two benches in the Calcutta high court that witnessed an unprecedented face-off between two judges there, observing that the turn of events warranted the court’s intervention. The law officers pointed out that the division bench opted to suspend the order of the single judge without there being any …

Medical Admission Irregularities | Calcutta HC Single-Judge Alleges Misconduct By Judge Who Presided Over Division Bench Which Stayed Order For CBI Probe
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Medical Admission Irregularities | Calcutta HC Single-Judge Alleges Misconduct By Judge Who Presided Over Division Bench Which Stayed Order For CBI Probe

Live Law  

In an unusual development, a single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has alleged misconduct by Justice Soumen Sen, who presided over a division bench which stayed the single bench's order for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities during admissions to medical colleges in West Bengal. On Wednesday, a division bench of Justices Soumen Sen & Uday Kumar had stayed the …

'Lightly' Interfering In State's Investigation May Disrupt Co-operative Federalism: Calcutta HC Stays Order For CBI Probe Into Medical College Admissions
10 months, 4 weeks ago

'Lightly' Interfering In State's Investigation May Disrupt Co-operative Federalism: Calcutta HC Stays Order For CBI Probe Into Medical College Admissions

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently stayed an order by a single bench for the immediate transfer of a probe being conducted by the State into the admission of reserved category candidates into medical colleges based on allegedly improperly issued caste certificates to the Central Bureau of Investigation.A single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had initially directed for the probe. …

Calcutta HC rejects plea of Nisith for relief in attempt to murder case
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta HC rejects plea of Nisith for relief in attempt to murder case

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Union minister of state for home affairs Nisith Pramanik received a setback on Thursday when a circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected his prayer for relief from arrest in a case of attempt to murder against him. A division bench of Justice Rai Chattopadhyay and Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani of the HC Jalpaiguri circuit bench turned down …

Madras High Court calls for details of cases pending against all MPs/MLAs across Tamil Nadu
1 year ago

Madras High Court calls for details of cases pending against all MPs/MLAs across Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the State government to submit complete details regarding the number of criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs in the State, the courts in which they are pending and the stage of the proceedings before those courts. First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy asked Advocate …

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case
1 year ago

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday declined Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's request for a gag order restraining media coverage of the proceedings before a single judge of the Calcutta High Court monitoring the probe into an alleged multi-tier recruitment scam in the state. During today's hearing, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan pressed for a 'suspension of reportage', arguing – “Certain remarks …

All judges equal for us, CJI tells lawyers over arbitrary listing allegations
1 year ago

All judges equal for us, CJI tells lawyers over arbitrary listing allegations

Hindustan Times  

In his first rejoinder to the charges levelled by a group of lawyers claiming arbitrary change in listing of select matters in the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud called it “surprising” that some lawyers want their cases to be listed before specific judges and not before some others although all judges are to be treated equal …

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