High Profile Cases 16 officers get notice over misuse of national emblem December 8, 2011 / December 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta high court Wednesday ordered notices be issued to 16 Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service officers in West Bengal, asking why contempt proceedings should not be started against them for misuse or improper display of the national emblem. Acting on a petition by K Dey, a division bench of Justice PC Ghosh […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice PC Ghosh Justice Tarun Gupta misuse of national emblem
High Profile Cases Calcutta HC extends stay on Singur land return November 3, 2011 / November 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended the stay on state government move to return to farmers the land acquired in Singur till the hearing on Tata Motors’ appeal in the case is completed. “The division bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghosh and Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri extended the stay on the distribution of land till […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice Mrinal Kanti Chaudhuri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh Singur land return
High Profile Cases Singur case referred to Calcutta High Court chief justice November 1, 2011 / November 1, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A division bench of the Calcutta High Court Tuesday referred Tata Motors’ appeal in the Singur land case to the chief justice after the West Bengal government counsel argued that the bench did not have the power to determine the case. ‘As per court list, this matter cannot be determined by this bench. It’s our […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel Justice I.P. Mukerji Justice Joymalya Bagchi Justice K.J. Sengupta Singur case
High Profile Cases Tata may challenge Singur land law verdict Tuesday October 31, 2011 / October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Monday permitted Tata Motors to appeal against its verdict validating the Singur land law but the petition could not be filed as advocates suspended work to condole a colleague’s death. The petition is likely to be filed Tuesday. The division bench of Justice K.J. Sengupta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi permitted company’s […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice Joymalya Bagchi Justice K.J. Sengupta Singur land law Tata Motors
Top Law News Court upholds Mamata Banerjee government’s Singur Act as valid September 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a victory for Mamata Banerjee, Calcutta high court on Wednesday said that the Singur Land Rehabilitation Act is constitutional and valid. The act was introduced in June by her shortly after she became West Bengal chief minister. It allowed her government to cancel a 99-year-lease signed with Ratan Tata for nearly 1000 acres for […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Mamata Banerjee Singur Act valid Singur Land Rehabilitation Act
Top Law News Bengal agreeable to court’s proposal on Singur compensation September 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The West Bengal government Thursday reacted positively to the Calcutta High Court’s proposal of determining the guidelines for compensation to be given to automobile giant Tata Motors in the Singur land case. However, the company opposed the court’s move saying it did not have any such locus standi. A day after Justice Indra Prasanna […] Read more » Bengal Calcutta High Court Justice Indra Prasanna Mukherjee Justice Soumitra Pal Singur compensation Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act Supreme Court Tata Motors
High Profile Cases Court rejects Tata’s plea on Singur land June 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tata Motors has received a fresh setback in its efforts to restrain the West Bengal government from undertaking the process of returning land to the farmers at Singur. On Monday, the Calcutta High Court rejected the company’s plea for a stay on the process of giving land back to the Singur farmers as envisaged by […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court rejects Singur land Tata's plea