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  • Calcutta HC: Seeking better job not moral turpitude, asks company to pay gratuity dues

    Calcutta HC: Seeking better job not moral turpitude, asks company to pay gratuity dues

    The High Court noted that the company could neither produce any witness nor show any call records to substantiate their charge that the man was in touch with a rival company.

  • RG Kar rape-murder victim's father moves HC seeking nod for lawyers to visit crime scene

    RG Kar rape-murder victim's father moves HC seeking nod for lawyers to visit crime scene

    The victim's father claimed that he firmly believes that other persons were present along with Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted and sentenced to life by the trial court for the rape and murder of the doctor on August 9 last year.

  • Calcutta HC seeks report from WB govt on PILs in 'gangrape' at Kasba College

    Calcutta HC seeks report from WB govt on PILs in 'gangrape' at Kasba College

    On Monday, the HC granted permission to three advocates to file separate PILs over the alleged gang rape of a law student in her college.

  • Calcutta HC directs Centre to implement MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal from August 1

    Calcutta HC directs Centre to implement MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal from August 1

    Allowing the Centre to continue its enquiry into the allegations of irregularities in some districts of the state, a division bench presided by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam directed that the scheme be implemented prospectively with effect from August 1.

  • EC has sufficient checks and balances in place to scrutinise nomination of candidates: Calcutta High Court

    EC has sufficient checks and balances in place to scrutinise nomination of candidates: Calcutta High Court

    The petitioner raised the issue of foreign nationals illegally obtaining Indian citizenship and participating in the electoral process, claiming that it is the responsibility of the ECI to ensure complete verification of citizenship.

  • BJP moves SC against Calcutta HC order restraining it from publishing ads against TMC

    BJP moves SC against Calcutta HC order restraining it from publishing ads against TMC

    A single judge had of the Calcutta High Court restrained BJP from publishing advertisements against TMC for violation of MCC. The saffron party had approached a division bench of the Calcutta HC against this order, however the division bench refused to interfere with it. BJP has challenged the division bench's order, which upheld the single judge's order.

  • Why did Calcutta HC say Muslims treated as a commodity for political ends while cancelling OBC certificates issued post 2010 in West Bengal?

    Why did Calcutta HC say Muslims treated as a commodity for political ends while cancelling OBC certificates issued post 2010 in West Bengal?

    “Identification of the classes in the said community as OBCs for electoral gains would leave them at the mercy of the concerned political establishment and may defeat and deny other rights,” the judgement said.

  • Calcutta HC cancels OBC certificates issued in Bengal post 2010; Mamata hits back

    Calcutta HC cancels OBC certificates issued in Bengal post 2010; Mamata hits back

    Shortly after, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announced that she would not accept the Calcutta HC's decision to scrap the OBC status of several classes in the state

  • Chitta Ranjan Dash discloses his RSS affiliation in farewell speech at Calcutta HC

    Chitta Ranjan Dash discloses his RSS affiliation in farewell speech at Calcutta HC

    Judge Chitta Ranjan Dash disclosed that he was and still is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) upon his retirement from the Calcutta high court on Monday.

  • SC stays Calcutta HC order terminating jobs of nearly 25,000 West Bengal teachers

    SC stays Calcutta HC order terminating jobs of nearly 25,000 West Bengal teachers

    The apex court, however, permitted CBI to continue investigating more on the alleged scam, but it cannot take any coercive action. The case will now come up for hearing on July 16.

  • SC stays CBI probe against West Bengal government officials in teachers recruitment scam

    SC stays CBI probe against West Bengal government officials in teachers recruitment scam

    Many lawyers who appeared for various parties argued that the Calcutta HC had gone beyond its scope of the case by ordering termination of the these teachers

  • Election Wrap: Kejriwal’s custody further extended | PM Modi vs Congress over Muslim reservation

    Election Wrap: Kejriwal’s custody further extended | PM Modi vs Congress over Muslim reservation

    Election Wrap: Here are the top developments of the day, Calcutta High Court urges EC to delay voting in Berhampur due to Ram Navami violence. Delhi Court extends Arvind Kejriwal and K Kavitha's judicial custody till May 7. Kerala's Lok Sabha polls see parties competing for minority votes. Over 26,000 teachers lose jobs in Bengal, potentially impacting Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi alleges during his rally that, Congress aimed to reallocate SC/ST reservations to Muslims during a rally. Watch for more.

  • Why did Calcutta High Court order termination of over 24,000 teachers?

    Why did Calcutta High Court order termination of over 24,000 teachers?

    While directing a section of people who had been hired illegally to refund money paid as salary within four weeks, a two-judge bench also ordered the board to conduct a fresh round of recruitment.

  • CBI creates e-mail ID for land-grab victims in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali

    CBI creates e-mail ID for land-grab victims in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali

    The agency has created the e-mail ID in compliance with the orders of the Calcutta High Court passed on Wednesday.

  • Who is Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the fiesty judge who took on TMC?

    Who is Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the fiesty judge who took on TMC?

    During his tenure as a Calcutta High Court judge, Gangopadhyay has had several run-ins with the TMC. Here are some of the controversies that have shaped his career.

  • Chitta Ranjan Dash's statement sets off debate on judges and political affiliations

    Chitta Ranjan Dash's statement sets off debate on judges and political affiliations

    Chitta Ranjan Dash, who retired as a judge of Calcutta HC on May 20, said he was 'ready to go back' to RSS if they call him for any assistance or for any work that he was capable of doing

  • Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay says he will resign on Tuesday

    Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay says he will resign on Tuesday

    Justice Gangopadhyay said he will submit his resignation to the President of India in the first hour on Tuesday, with copies sent to the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.

  • Sandeshkhali row: No stay on Shahjahan Sheikh’s arrest, says Calcutta HC

    Sandeshkhali row: No stay on Shahjahan Sheikh’s arrest, says Calcutta HC

    The court also asked the registry department to issue a public notice about the development as Sheikh Shahjahan is untraceable.

  • SC takes over proceedings that led to confrontation between Calcutta HC judges

    SC takes over proceedings that led to confrontation between Calcutta HC judges

    On January 27, the SC stayed proceedings at the Calcutta High Court relating to the alleged medical college admission scam.

  • SC stays proceedings that led to confrontation between two Calcutta HC judges

    SC stays proceedings that led to confrontation between two Calcutta HC judges

    The five judge bench of the apex court led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud further stayed the order of the single judge of Calcutta High Court ordering a CBI probe into the alleged scam. The bench has issued notice to the State of West Bengal and the original petitioner in the case.

  • Plea for transfer of attack on ED officials case to CBI: HC to pass order on January 17

    Plea for transfer of attack on ED officials case to CBI: HC to pass order on January 17

    The ED has stated that three of its officers were injured and their belongings were "looted" in an attack on them at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district when they went to search the premises of Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh.

  • West Bengal election panel may extend rural poll nomination date by day

    West Bengal election panel may extend rural poll nomination date by day

    After hearing petitions of opposition leaders for an extension of the date for filing nominations and deployment of central forces for the July 8 polls, the court had on June 9 observed that the time given for filing papers is prima facie inadequate.

  • Calcutta HC orders transfer of graft case involving TMC MLA Tapas Saha to CBI

    Calcutta HC orders transfer of graft case involving TMC MLA Tapas Saha to CBI

    The court said it will be appropriate if the CBI conducts the probe since it is investigating other cases of alleged illegal recruitments in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools on orders of another bench of the high court.

  • Supreme Court no to CBI probe into 'attack' on Union minister Nisith Pramanik in Bengal

    Supreme Court no to CBI probe into 'attack' on Union minister Nisith Pramanik in Bengal

    The apex court has asked the high court to reconsider the case after analysing the reports of the West Bengal police on the action taken in the case

  • When judges become politicians, what does the law say?

    When judges become politicians, what does the law say?

    Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay recently hinted that he was going to resign and join politics.

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