Sandeshkhali violence | SC to consider listing PIL for court-monitored probe into violence in West Bengal village
1 year, 1 month ago

Sandeshkhali violence | SC to consider listing PIL for court-monitored probe into violence in West Bengal village

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider listing a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali village. When PIL petitioner and lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava answered in the affirmative, the CJI said, “I will deal with this in the afternoon”. The plea filed by Mr. Srivastava in his personal capacity, The plea Besides, it seeks an inquiry by a three-judge committee as done in the Manipur violence case. Sandeshkhali, a village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has been witnessing protests over allegations of sexual abuse of women by a local TMC leader.

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Calcutta High Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Sandeshkhali Gang Rape Case, Flags Delay In Investigation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Sandeshkhali Gang Rape Case, Flags Delay In Investigation

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has constituted a special investigation team to probe allegations of gang rape in West Bengal's Sandeskhali allegedly involving politically influential persons.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh formed an SIT comprising Rahul Mishra, IPS and SDPO, Baduria, Basirhat Police District, along with Bireswar Chatterjee, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Homicide Section,. The Calcutta High Court has constituted a special investigation team …

Calcutta High Court orders SIT probe into Sandeshkhali gangrape case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court orders SIT probe into Sandeshkhali gangrape case

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the formation of a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged gang rape in Sandeshkhali. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh ordered that the SIT be led by the Assistant Commissioner of the Homicide Branch, Lalbazar, with the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Baduria, Basirhat Police District, as a member. The court mandated that the SIT submit …

Calcutta High Court Seeks Police's Report On Progress Of Probe Into Sandeshkhali Gang Rape Case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Seeks Police's Report On Progress Of Probe Into Sandeshkhali Gang Rape Case

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the police authorities to submit their report on the progress into the probe on an incident of gang rape in Bengal's Sandeshkhali.Justice Jay Sengputa directed the police to file their report by 13th January, on a plea claiming that no action had been taken even after the rape case was filed and that …

Sambhal Violence | Aggrieved Person Can Approach Enquiry Commission: Allahabad High Court On PIL Against 'Police Atrocities'
3 months, 1 week ago

Sambhal Violence | Aggrieved Person Can Approach Enquiry Commission: Allahabad High Court On PIL Against 'Police Atrocities'

Live Law  

On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court consigned to record a PIL plea seeking an independent probe into the alleged police atrocities during the Sambhal violence, noting that the State Government had already formed a judicial inquiry commission to investigate the incident, which is currently handling the matter. “…instead of approaching this Court on the basis of half baked facts, aggrieved …

PIL In SC to Reform Dowry and Domestic Violence Laws
3 months, 2 weeks ago

PIL In SC to Reform Dowry and Domestic Violence Laws

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In the wake of a 34-year-old Bengaluru techie’s suicide allegedly linked to marital issues and legal harassment, a public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking the formation of an expert committee to review and reform existing dowry and domestic violence laws to prevent their misuse. The PIL, filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, requests the …

Sambhal Violence | Allahabad High Court CJ-Led Bench Directs Listing Of PIL Seeking FIR Against DM, SP Before Appropriate Bench
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sambhal Violence | Allahabad High Court CJ-Led Bench Directs Listing Of PIL Seeking FIR Against DM, SP Before Appropriate Bench

Live Law  

A Bench led by Chief Justice Arun Bhansali of the Allahabad High Court today directed that a Public Interest Litigation plea, which seeks the filing of an FIR against the Sambhal District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police, the concerned SHO, and other responsible officers in connection with their alleged involvement in the violence that occurred last month in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, …

Sambhal Violence | Inquiry Panel Already Formed By UP Govt: Allahabad HC Allows Withdrawal Of PIL Against 'Police Atrocities'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Violence | Inquiry Panel Already Formed By UP Govt: Allahabad HC Allows Withdrawal Of PIL Against 'Police Atrocities'

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today allowed the withdrawal of a PIL plea seeking an independent probe into the alleged incidents of police atrocity during the Sambhal violence. A bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary allowed the withdrawal of the PIL plea filed by the Association of Protection of Civil Rights, noting that the State Government …

Allahabad High Court CJ-Led Bench Directs Listing Of PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Sambhal Violence Before Appropriate Bench
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court CJ-Led Bench Directs Listing Of PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Sambhal Violence Before Appropriate Bench

Live Law  

The Chief Justice Arun Bhansali-led Bench of the Allahabad High Court today directed the listing of a Public Interest Litigation plea seeking a CBI probe into the violence that erupted last month in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, before a bench with the jurisdiction to hear criminal PILs. The PIL plea also prays for the following reliefs: Appoint a special investigation team, …

Sambhal Violence: Fresh PIL In High Court Seeks Independent Probe Into 'Police Atrocities', Claims Most Victims, Those Arrested Are Muslims
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Violence: Fresh PIL In High Court Seeks Independent Probe Into 'Police Atrocities', Claims Most Victims, Those Arrested Are Muslims

Live Law  

Questioning the Uttar Pradesh Police's alleged action of opening fire against the public in Sambhal, the Association of Protection of Civil Rights has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking an independent probe into the alleged incidents of police atrocity. Violence erupted in Sambhal district on November 24 after a team led by an advocate commissioner surveyed the Mughal-era Jama Mosque …

Sambhal Violence | Another PIL In Allahabad HC Seeking FIR Against Concerned District Magistrate, Superintendent Of Police
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sambhal Violence | Another PIL In Allahabad HC Seeking FIR Against Concerned District Magistrate, Superintendent Of Police

Live Law  

Another PIL plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking an FIR against the Sambhal District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police, concerned SHO, and other responsible officers. The Plea Another PIL plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking an FIR against the Sambhal District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police, concerned SHO, and other responsible officers. A Public …

PIL in Allahabad HC seeks CBI probe into Sambhal violence
3 months, 3 weeks ago

PIL in Allahabad HC seeks CBI probe into Sambhal violence

Hindustan Times  

A public interest litigation petition has been filed before the Allahabad high court seeking a CBI probe into the November 24 violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. Violence erupted in Sambhal district on November 24 after a team led by an advocate commissioner surveyed the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid on the orders of a local court. To recall, violence erupted …

PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe Into Sambhal Violence, SIT To Investigate Alleged Involvement Of UP Govt, Its Officials
3 months, 3 weeks ago

PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe Into Sambhal Violence, SIT To Investigate Alleged Involvement Of UP Govt, Its Officials

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation plea has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a Special Investigation Team probe under the chairmanship of a retired HC judge into the alleged involvement of the Uttar Pradesh government, its administrative officials, including the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, in the violence that erupted in. A Public Interest Litigation plea has been …

Sandeshkhali violence: SC dismisses Bengal govt’s plea against CBI probe
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sandeshkhali violence: SC dismisses Bengal govt’s plea against CBI probe

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the West Bengal government for not doing anything in the incidents related to land grabbing and sexual assault involving Trinamool Congress leaders in Sandeshkhali and dismissed a petition filed by the state challenging an order of the Calcutta high court transferring probe into 43 cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Senior advocate …

Sandeshkhali violence: SC rejects plea of WB govt challenging Calcutta HC's order of CBI probe
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sandeshkhali violence: SC rejects plea of WB govt challenging Calcutta HC's order of CBI probe

New Indian Express  

On the orders of the Calcutta HC, the central agency had registered three FIRs related to the incidents on January 5. The FIRs pertain to the alleged attack on ED officers by a mob on the complaint by officers, allegations against ED officials levelled by the guard of suspended TMC leader Sheikh and a motu case registered by the Nazat …

BJP alleges Muslim woman stripped, beaten for supporting party in Bengal: ‘Sandeshkhali in every village’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP alleges Muslim woman stripped, beaten for supporting party in Bengal: ‘Sandeshkhali in every village’

Hindustan Times  

The BJP, on Thursday, alleged that a Muslim woman - Rosonara Khatun, has been stripped and beaten in Coochbehar district, West Bengal, for supporting their party. BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya posted on X that there is a “Sandeshkhali in every village in Bengal”. The National Commission for Women took note of the alleged attack on a BJP woman …

PIL Challenging Rahul Gandhi's LS Election: Allahabad HC Seeks Registry Report On HC's 2016 Directive Against Petitioner's Advocate
9 months ago

PIL Challenging Rahul Gandhi's LS Election: Allahabad HC Seeks Registry Report On HC's 2016 Directive Against Petitioner's Advocate

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed its registry to submit its report on a 2016 Judgment of the High Court passed related to the advocate representing the petitioner in a Public Interest Litigation plea challenging Rahul Gandhi's election to the Lok Sabha. "This court has perused the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of …

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: One more PIL in Madras High Court seeks CBI/SIT probe
9 months ago

Kallakurichi hooch tragedy: One more PIL in Madras High Court seeks CBI/SIT probe

The Hindu  

One more public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or a Special Investigation Team into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy that has so far claimed 58 lives and left many others hospitalised. Inbadurai had filed a similar PIL petition seeking a CBI probe into the tragedy and …

West Bengal: Sandeshkhali TMC worker detained for 'molesting' minor girl
10 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal: Sandeshkhali TMC worker detained for 'molesting' minor girl

India TV News  

A TMC worker was detained for allegedly molesting a minor girl in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, the police said. According to the complaint filed by the girl’s mother, the accused "somehow" entered their house on Friday night and molested the minor. The riverine Sandeshkhali area — situated on the borders of the Sundarbans, about 100 km from Kolkata — had been …

CBI sets up temporary camp in Dhamakhali to address Sandeshkhali violence complaints
10 months, 1 week ago

CBI sets up temporary camp in Dhamakhali to address Sandeshkhali violence complaints

India TV News  

In response to the prolonged unrest in Sandeshkhali, the Central Bureau of Investigation has established a temporary camp office in Dhamakhali. Residents must now submit written complaints directly at the camp office, located on the upper floor of the SBI premises near Ferryghat in Dhamakhali. One resident, Imran Uddin Gharami, detailed how he purchased five bighas of land only to …

Sandeshkhali on the boil again over allegations of a woman’s abduction
10 months, 1 week ago

Sandeshkhali on the boil again over allegations of a woman’s abduction

The Hindu  

Two weeks before Sandeshkhali goes to the polls, tension prevailed in the riverine area in West Bengal on Thursday, with a woman alleging abduction based on the instructions of a Trinamool Congress leader. The woman said that she was threatened to not approach the police and the courts, and to say that she was asked by the BJP to file …

Why is Sandeshkhali, a riverine island in WB, on the boil again?
10 months, 1 week ago

Why is Sandeshkhali, a riverine island in WB, on the boil again?

Hindustan Times  

Three months after Sandeshkhali hit the headlines for violent protests led mostly by village women over allegations of sexual assault and land grabbing, the riverine island in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is on the boil once again. It was on January 5 that Sandeshkhali made headlines for the first time when Enforcement Directorate officials, who went to search …

Sandeshkhali Case: TMC Lodges ECI Complaint Seeking Criminal Proceedings Against NCW Chief Rekha Sharma, BJP Leaders
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sandeshkhali Case: TMC Lodges ECI Complaint Seeking Criminal Proceedings Against NCW Chief Rekha Sharma, BJP Leaders

ABP News  

The Trinamool Congress has filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India alleging criminal wrongdoing by National Commission for Women Chief Rekha Sharma and several BJP leaders, including Piyali Das. West Bengal: TMC files complaint with ECI seeking criminal proceedings against NCW chief Rekha Sharma & BJP leaders including Piyali Das for "commission of serious offences of forgery, cheating, …

Sandeshkhali row: TMC to move ECI against NCW chief after sting video surfaces
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sandeshkhali row: TMC to move ECI against NCW chief after sting video surfaces

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress, which has launched a no-holds-barred attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party ever since the sting video on Sandeshkhali surfaced on May 4, said on Friday that it would now move the Election Commission of India against Rekha Sharma, chairperson of the National Commission for Women. On May 4, a purported sting video surfaced in which Gangadhar …

Sandeshkhali: CBI files first case to probe land grabbing, sexual assault charges
11 months ago

Sandeshkhali: CBI files first case to probe land grabbing, sexual assault charges

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case to probe allegations of land grabbing and sexual assault by residents of strife torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, people familiar with the development said on Thursday. Officials said the first case, pertaining to a land dispute where women of the victim’s family had to allegedly face sexual assault from influential people …

CBI team visits Sandeshkhali to probe alleged crimes against women, land-grabbing
11 months, 1 week ago

CBI team visits Sandeshkhali to probe alleged crimes against women, land-grabbing

The Hindu  

“A 10-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation on April 20 visited Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged crimes against women and land-grabbing,” an official said. “One part of the team of the CBI visited houses of the victims in Sundarikhali area of Sandeshkhali and spoke to them individually, documenting their allegations,” he said. …

Bengal’s Sandeshkhali land-grab issue | CBI creates exclusive mail ID for victims
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal’s Sandeshkhali land-grab issue | CBI creates exclusive mail ID for victims

The Hindu  

“The Central Bureau of Investigation has created a dedicated e-mail ID — sandeshkhali@cbi.gov.in — on which victims of land grab in Sandeshkhali, a village in West Bengal, can get their complaints lodged,” officials said on April 11. "The District Magistrate, North 24 Parganas has also been requested to give adequate publicity of the said e-mail ID in the locality and …

CBI creates dedicated e-mail id for land grab victims in Bengal's Sandeshkhali
11 months, 2 weeks ago

CBI creates dedicated e-mail id for land grab victims in Bengal's Sandeshkhali

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has created a dedicated email ID, sandeshkhali@cbi.gov.in, for villagers of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal to report instances of land grabbing and other related crimes, officials said on Thursday. This move follows a Calcutta High Court order directing a court-monitored CBI probe into allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali. "The District Magistrate, …

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali incident
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Sandeshkhali case: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into alleged crimes against women, land grabbing in Sandeshkhali
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sandeshkhali case: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into alleged crimes against women, land grabbing in Sandeshkhali

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on April 9 ordered a CBI investigation into allegations of crimes against women and forcible land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, which had witnessed protests over the issues. Sivagnanam directed the CBI to file a comprehensive report on the alleged illegal conversion of agricultural land into water bodies for pisciculture after conducting a thorough inspection of …

Cop attacked inside police camp in Bengal's Sandeshkhali; TMC leaders detained
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Cop attacked inside police camp in Bengal's Sandeshkhali; TMC leaders detained

Hindustan Times  

A constable was allegedly attacked by unidentified miscreants inside a police camp in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali around Monday midnight. Security personnel during a raid at TMC functionary Shahjahan Sheikh's home at Sandeshkhali in January. Police said that three persons, including two local Trinamool Congress leaders, have been detained for questioning in connection with the incident. Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas …

‘Even if 1% is true…’: Calcutta HC pulls up West Bengal govt on Sandeshkhali violence
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Even if 1% is true…’: Calcutta HC pulls up West Bengal govt on Sandeshkhali violence

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, while hearing the pleas that sought a probe into sexual harassment and alleged land grabbing, extortion and sexual crimes against local women by Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, expressed its discontent over the issue before the bench. The bench was hearing arguments seeking an independent probe into the harassment of women by Shahjahan and …

Sandeshkhali violence | ‘Highly shameful’ even if only 1% of claims true: Cal HC to Bengal govt.
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Sandeshkhali violence | ‘Highly shameful’ even if only 1% of claims true: Cal HC to Bengal govt.

The Hindu  

Observing that it would be “highly shameful” if even one percent of the allegations of sexual assault in Sandeshkhali were found to be true, the Calcutta High Court on April 4 said that West Bengal’s image as the safest State for women will fall. Petitioner-lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal submitted a voluminous compilation before the court which she said contained around 100 …

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Pleas Seeking Probe Into Allegations Of Sexual Violence, Land Grabbing
11 months, 3 weeks ago

[Sandeshkhali] Calcutta High Court Reserves Verdict In Pleas Seeking Probe Into Allegations Of Sexual Violence, Land Grabbing

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in various pleas seeking a probe into the alleged instances of violence against women and land grabbing which had occurred in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal under the watch of former Pradhan Shahjahan Sheikh, and his workers.Earlier, the Court had directed the investigation into the attack on ED officials allegedly at the behest …

ED grills Sheikh Shahjahan over lawful dealings in export-import transactions
11 months, 3 weeks ago

ED grills Sheikh Shahjahan over lawful dealings in export-import transactions

Op India  

The Enforcement Directorate interrogated Sandeshkhali accused now-suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan in connection with the land grab case. Shahjahan has been accused of forcibly occupying several lands in the Sandeshkhali area of West Bengal, according to ED sources. Earlier, suspended TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan was sent to judicial custody in the Sandeshkhali Enforcement Directorate assault case. Before that, on the …

West Bengal ED Raids Multiple Locations In Sandeshkhali in Land-Grabbing Case Against Sheikh Shahjahan
1 year ago

West Bengal ED Raids Multiple Locations In Sandeshkhali in Land-Grabbing Case Against Sheikh Shahjahan

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at various locations in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali since the early hours of Thursday in connection with a land-grabbing case involving detained expelled TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan. ED is conducting raids at multiple locations in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali since early morning in connection with a land-grabbing case against arrested expelled TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan — ANI …

Sandeshkhali case: Supreme Court refuses to interfere with CBI probe order
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali case: Supreme Court refuses to interfere with CBI probe order

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Calcutta high court order transferring the investigation into the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali on January 5 from the West Bengal Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation even as it expunged disparaging remarks made against the state government and local police in the impugned order. The high …

Sandeshkhali ED team attack case: SC dismisses West Bengal's plea, orders expunction of remarks
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali ED team attack case: SC dismisses West Bengal's plea, orders expunction of remarks

India TV News  

The Supreme Court has rejected the West Bengal government's appeal challenging a Calcutta High Court decision to transfer the investigation into the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate team in Sandeshkhali to the CBI. Judicial decision A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the state government's plea but ordered the removal of certain comments made against …

Sandeshkhali: CBI registers 3 cases against Shahjahan
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali: CBI registers 3 cases against Shahjahan

Deccan Chronicle  

KOLKATA: The CBI got Trinamul Congress strongman Shahjahan Sheikh’s custody from the West Bengal police on Wednesday evening, after taking over the probe into the violent mob attack on an Enforcement Directorate team during its raid on his house at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas and filing three FIRs against him into the incident. His handover took place following a …

Sandeshkhali: WB urgently seeks SC listing of plea against CBI probe transfer
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali: WB urgently seeks SC listing of plea against CBI probe transfer

Live Mint  

The West Bengal government on 6 March urgently seeks Supreme Court hearing against Calcutta HC order for CBI probe into Sandeshkhali attack on ED officials in January. Earlier on Tuesday, the West Bengal government moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order directing a CBI probe into the Sandeshkhali matter, which pertains to the attack on ED officials. …

Sandeshkhali violence | West Bengal seeks urgent listing of plea in Supreme Court against transfer of probe to CBI
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali violence | West Bengal seeks urgent listing of plea in Supreme Court against transfer of probe to CBI

The Hindu  

The West Bengal Government on March 6 sought urgent listing of its plea in the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order to transfer to the CBI the probe into an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali on January 5. At the outset, the plea was mentioned by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the West Bengal government, …

Sandeshkhali case: Supreme Court dismisses Bengal govt's plea, refuses to stay Calcutta HC order
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali case: Supreme Court dismisses Bengal govt's plea, refuses to stay Calcutta HC order

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the West Bengal government's plea seeking an urgent hearing on the Sandeshkhali case which pertains to assault on Enforcement Directorate officers in January. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led state government had moved to the apex court demanding an early hearing after refusing to transfer Shahjahan to CBI custody. West Bengal govt moves apex …

Sandeshkhali violence | CBI takes custody of TMC’s Sheikh Shahjahan
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali violence | CBI takes custody of TMC’s Sheikh Shahjahan

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on March 6 got the custody of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, in a case involving an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials on January 5. The Calcutta High Court noted that though the West Bengal government has pleaded that it had filed before the Supreme Court an SLP challenging Tuesday’s judgement, there was no …

NCW recommends President’s rule in West Bengal in report on Sandeshkhali violence
1 year ago

NCW recommends President’s rule in West Bengal in report on Sandeshkhali violence

The Hindu  

The National Commission for Women has recommended to President Droupadi Murmu that President’s rule be imposed in West Bengal in the aftermath of the violence in Sandeshkhali area of the State. In a 24-page report submitted to the President by NCW chairperson Ms. Rekha Sharma in New Delhi on March 05, the NCW also recommended the appointment of a Central …

Sandeshkhali: West Bengal Moves SC Against Calcutta HC Order Directing CBI probe In Attack On ED Officials
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali: West Bengal Moves SC Against Calcutta HC Order Directing CBI probe In Attack On ED Officials

ABP News  

The West Bengal government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against Calcutta High Court order tranfering probe in attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The high court has also asked the West Bengal police to handover all papers concerning the matter to the CBI, as well as the custody of prime accused Shahjahan …

Calcutta HC orders transfer of Sandeshkhali probe to CBI; Mamata govt gets jolt from Supreme Court
1 year ago

Calcutta HC orders transfer of Sandeshkhali probe to CBI; Mamata govt gets jolt from Supreme Court

India TV News  

Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered to transfer of the Sandeshkhali probe pertaining to the attack on ED officials to CBI, holding that the state police are "totally biased." Both the ED and the West Bengal government moved separate appeals challenging a single bench order which on January 17 ordered formation of a joint special investigation team of the CBI …

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

Sandeshkhali residents celebrate arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali residents celebrate arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh

The Hindu  

Residents in trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on February 29 celebrated the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, accused of sexual abuse of women and land grab in the area, and distributed sweets. The residents, who for the last few days have been protesting in the riverine Sandeshkhali area, came out in the streets as they …

Sandeshkhali: Sheikh Shahjahan Sent To 10-Day Police Custody By Court
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali: Sheikh Shahjahan Sent To 10-Day Police Custody By Court

ABP News  

A trial court in West Bengal's Basirhat on Thursday sent TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan to a 10-day police custody. #WATCH | West Bengal | TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan being brought out of Basirhat Court by the State Police. pic.twitter.com/fSQxi6dxLM — ANI February 29, 2024 The Calcutta high court on Wednesday had clarified that Sheikh Shahjahan can be arrested by the …

Sandeshkhali case: Sheikh Shahjahan of TMC arrested, sent to 10-day police custody
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali case: Sheikh Shahjahan of TMC arrested, sent to 10-day police custody

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who was arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly torturing villagers in the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali area in West Bengal, has been sent to a 10-day police custody by a local court. Advocate Raja Bhowmick, lawyer of Sheikh Shahjahan said, “.The police sought 14 days custody but the court granted 10 days…On March 10, he will be …

Sandeshkhali unrest: Sheikh Shahjahan in ‘safe custody’ of Bengal police, claims BJP
1 year ago

Sandeshkhali unrest: Sheikh Shahjahan in ‘safe custody’ of Bengal police, claims BJP

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday claimed that the absconding Trinamool Congress strongman Shajahan Sheikh, the main accused of the Sandeshkhali violence over land grab and sexual harassment, is in "safe custody" of the state police since Tuesday night. Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari Read here: Sandeshkhali case: Sheikh …

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