Top Law News Poor suffer the most due to delayed justice: Ansari April 22, 2012 / April 22, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Poor suffer the most due to delayed justice: Ansari Criticising the delay in delivering justice, Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari Saturday said the poor people suffered the most due to delayed justice. “It is usually the individual citizen and the poor and marginalised among them, who bear the burnt of inadequate or non-existent Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms and extended judicial processes,” said Ansari while […] Read more » Calcutta High Court delayed justice Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari
Top Law News Court bans devotees’ entry to Kalighat ‘garbha griha’ April 21, 2012 / April 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court on Friday banned the entry of devotees to the ‘Garbha Griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of Kalighat’s Kali Temple, saying the large number of visits was defacing the shrine. A division bench of Chief Justice J.N. Patel and Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti, however, allowed any two priests on a day to enter the ‘Garbha […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti Kalighat's Kali Temple
Criminal Law News Kolkata hospital fire: Director gets bail April 12, 2012 / April 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Thursday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director S K Todi, who was booked with 15 others in connection with the fire tragedy at the medical centre that claimed 94 lives last December. “A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justices A K Roy and A K Ray granted bail […] Read more » AMRI Hospital director S K Todi Calcutta High Court Justice A K Ray Justice A.K. Roy Kolkata hospital fire
Top Law News Blame game over delay faced by new Bengal judges April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The swearing-in ceremony of seven new judges of the Calcutta High Court had to be deferred by several hours Monday, leading to a blame game as to who was responsible. While the West Bengal law minister said the delay was caused by the governor not signing the required papers, a senior High Court official said […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel chief minister Mamata Banerjee Law Minister Moloy Ghatak
Top Law News Dunlop appeals against liquidator’s appointment, court refuses stay March 30, 2012 / March 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Thursday refused to stay its order appointing a liquidator for tyre-maker Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) after the company sought an injunction against this. A bench of justices K.J. Sengupta and J.M. Bagchi also asked the liquidator to act as a “special officer of the court” and prepare an inventory of the […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) justice J.M. Bagchi Justice K.J. Sengupta
Criminal Law News AMRI case: Two directors get bail after 111 days in custody March 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After spending 111 days in custody, two directors of the fire-ravaged AMRI Hospital were today granted bail by the Calcutta High Court which observed that day-to-day affairs of the hospital were not run by them. A division bench comprising justices Ashim Kumar Roy and Asim Kumar Ray granted the bail prayers of RS Goenka and […] Read more » AMRI case Calcutta High Court justice Ashim Kumar Roy Justice Asim Kumar Ray
Top Law News Court appoints provisional liquidator for Dunlop India March 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta high court on Monday appointed a provisional liquidator to take charge of the assets of Dunlop India Ltd (DIL). This effectively means that chairman Pawan Ruia or the company’s board of directors won’t be allowed to transfer property from the company till the court hears out the dozen-odd winding up petitions pending against […] Read more » Advocate general Anindya Mitra Calcutta High Court Dunlop India Ltd (DIL) Justice Sanjib Banerjee
Criminal Law News Supreme Court allows Bengal to withdraw Nandigram plea February 25, 2012 / February 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Decks were cleared for action against police personnel involved in the March 2007 Nandigram firing as the Supreme Court Friday permitted the West Bengal government to withdraw its appeal against a Calcutta High Court order holding the police action unwarranted. The state was permitted to withdrew the appeal that was filed during the tenure of […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice C.K. Prasad March 2007 Nandigram firing Supreme Court
Criminal Law News AMRI director gets bail, Bengal to move Supreme Court February 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Friday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, but rejected the pleas of four other directors in the Dec 9, 2011 fire tragedy at the high-cost healthcare centre here that killed 94 people. A state counsel later said the West Bengal government would move the Supreme Court in an appeal […] Read more » AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal Calcutta High Court Justice A.K. Roy Justice T.K. Gupta Supreme Court
Top Law News Calcutta High Court judge laments farmer suicides February 12, 2012 / February 12, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Calcutta High Court judge laments farmer suicides In the wake of rising number of farmer suicides in the country, a Calcutta High Court judge Saturday said India was not yet free and political justice was a misnomer and impossible to get. “Peasants who feed the entire country are taking away their lives because they are not getting even the minimum price they […] Read more » Calcutta High Court Justice K.J. Sengupta laments farmer suicides
Top Law News Calcutta High Court stays compensation to hooch victims’ families February 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Monday stayed the payment of compensation declared by the West Bengal government to the families of victims of last December’s hooch tragedy in South 24 Parganas. The division bench of Chief Justice J.N. Patel and Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti stayed the payment of compensation for eight weeks in a public interest litigation […] Read more » Calcutta High Court chief justice J.N. Patel December's hooch tragedy Justice Sambuddha Chakrabarti
Criminal Law News AMRI Hospital moves court on relief for fire victims January 5, 2012 / January 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Calcutta High Court Wednesday admitted a petition by the city’s AMRI Hospital, seeking the West Bengal government’s intervention in paying compensation to the families of those killed in a fire in its premises last month. Justice J.K. Biswas directed the state government and Kolkata police chief to file affidavits stating their stand on the […] Read more » AMRI counsel S. Pal AMRI Hospital Calcutta High Court Justice J.K. Biswas