Top Law News Calcutta High Court grants anticipatory bail to BJP leader Mukul Roy June 6, 2018 / June 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today granted anticipatory bail to BJP leader and former railways minister Mukul Roy on a bond of Rs 50,000 in connection with a complaint over the death of his “mentor” Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy in 2015. A division bench comprising Justices Joymalyo Bagchi and R K Kapur directed Roy to meet […] Read more » anticipatory bail anticipatory bail to BJP leader Mukul Roy BJP Leader Calcutta High Court featured featuredlegal news Justices Joymalyo Bagchi Mukul Roy R K Kapur
Top Law News Calcutta High Court asks CPI(M) to produce documents of those who failed to file nominations May 3, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta HC on Thursday directed petitioner Communist Party of India (Maoist) (CPI-M) to produce documents of individuals who, the party claimed, had failed to file nominations for the panchayat polls in West Bengal due to extraneous intervention. The CPI(M) has moved the appeal before a division bench of the court, praying for allowing such […] Read more » 'West Bengal Calcutta High Court Communist Party of India featured kalkatta high court kolkata high court West Bengal Panchayat polls
Top Law News Calcutta High Court stays WB panchayat polls till further orders April 13, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Displeased with the State Election Commission’s (SEC) decision to cancel its own order to extend the nomination process by a day, the Calcutta High Court today stayed the ongoing panchayat election process in West Bengal till further orders. Rejecting the SEC’s contention that the writ petition of the BJP was not maintainable, the court held […] Read more » Calcutta High Court featured SEC State Election Commission vice-president Kalyan Banerjee
Top Law News Supreme Court allows Centre to withdraw CAPF force from Darjeeling hills February 22, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today allowed the Centre to withdraw the remaining four companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) from West Bengal’s violence hit Darjeeling area after March 8. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered Attorney General K K Venugopal’s submission that the deployment of the central armed forces fell under the Central […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal Calcutta High Court CAPF Central Armed Police Forces Chief Justice Dipak Misra Darjeeling Hills featured
Top Law News Former Calcutta HC judge Karnan released from jail December 20, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan was released from jail today after serving a six- nonth sentence for contempt of court. The sentence was awarded by the Supreme Court in May. Karnan left the Presidency Correctional Home premises around 11.00 am, his wife Saraswati Karnan said. His wife and elder son, who reached […] Read more » C S Karnan Calcutta High Court contempt of court case Court featured Karnan released from jail Law Legal News
Criminal Law News Top Law News Calcutta HC rejects ISIS operative’s bail prayer December 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today rejected the bail prayer of suspected ISIS operative Musa, who had allegedly planned to attack Mother House here and other places in West Bengal. Musa alias Md Mosiuddin had allegedly attacked a jail warden on December 4 inside the correctional home where he is lodged on judicial remand. The suspected […] Read more » 'West Bengal Calcutta High Court Court Criminal news featured ISIS operative's bail prayer Law Legal News
Top Law News Calcutta HC allows dyslexia patient to appear in class 12 exams December 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today allowed a dyslexia patient to appear for the class 12 CBSE board examination with subjects mutually agreed upon by him and his school, which had earlier been refused by the institution citing lack of infrastructure. Justice Tapabrata Chakraborti directed Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ballygunge, to allow Sankalpa Das as a special case […] Read more » Calcutta High Court CBSE board examination Court featured Law Legal News
Top Law News Calcutta HC judge expresses displeasure over slack traffic management October 24, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Calcutta High Court judge Debasish Kar Gupta today expressed displeasure over a section of civic police volunteers allowing government cars to illegally ferry passengers and slack traffic management on an arterial road in the city. On his way to the high court, Justice Kar Gupta had witnessed civic police volunteers allowing government cars pick up […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court featured Law Legal News traffic management
High Profile Cases Calcutta HC stays withdrawal of central forces from Darjeeling Hills October 18, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today stayed the withdrawal of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from Darjeeling hills, the scene of unrest over the statehood demand, till October 27, in a relief to the West Bengal government. Hearing a plea by the state against the Centre’s decision to withdraw CAPF from Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts, a […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court Darjeeling Hills featured Law Legal News
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC lashes out at Centre on issue of dearth of judges July 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a scathing attack on the Centre for delaying the appointment of judges, the Calcutta High Court has warned of “appropriate action” if urgent steps are not taken on it, while asking whether the nation could think of the Parliament functioning with half its strength. The “continued silence” of the Centre on appointing judges, despite […] Read more » appointment of judges Calcutta High Court featured issue of dearth of judges judges prevent the justice delivery system from collapsing
Top Law News Calcutta High Court stays sale of Bengal Chemicals excess land June 23, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court today stayed the proposed sale of excess land of Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited, a Union government undertaking. Justice Debangshu Basak stayed the proposed sale of the land, slated for auction next week, on a petition by the company’s workers’ union opposing the proposed sale. Petitioner’s counsel Bikash Bhattacharya submitted to […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Court featured HC stays sale of Bengal Chemicals excess land Law Legal News
Top Law News SC turns down Karnan’s interim bail plea June 21, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today refused to entertain former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan’s plea seeking interim bail and suspension of the six-month sentence awarded to him for contempt of court. A vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul said the court was duty-bound by the order of the seven-judge […] Read more » C S Karnan Calcutta High Court Court featured Karnan's interim bail plea Law Legal News Supreme Court
