Tag: Kolkata

LeT member sent to PC in Delhi terror plot case

July 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

An alleged member of banned Lashkar-e-Toiba, serving life term in Kolkata for his role in the 2001 Partha Roy Burman kidnapping case, has been remanded in police custody till August 2 by a Delhi court in connection with a case of conspiracy to carry out terror attacks here. District Judge I S Mehta allowed the […]

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Sex workers’ body to set up RTI centres in four metros

February 1, 2014 / February 1, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The All India Network of Sex Workers will set up RTI centres in the four metros – Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai – to enable community members get information from government officers in their fight to get their rightful place in society. “The AINSW will have one RTI centre each in four metropolises – Kolkata, […]

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SC sets deadline for making 3 NGT benches functional

March 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

April 30 as deadline has been set by the Supreme Court for making functional benches of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Bhopal, Pune and Kolkata, failure of which will require presence of their senior officials before it. The date has been extended by the apex court the January 31 deadline after it was informed that authorities in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra […]

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Conference on freedom of sex workers

July 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

On Saturday Kolkata will host a conference on freedom of sex workers. 550 sex workers representatives from about 44 countries will participate in the event. The two-day event, to be held on July 21 and 22, will run parallel to the XIX International AIDS Conference being organized in Washington DC from Sunday. The sex workers […]

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SC seeks govt’s reply on ‘killings’ by BSF

July 9, 2012 / July 9, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court(SC) today sought the Centre’s reply on a plea for probe into the alleged torture and extra-judicial killings by the Border Security Force(BSF) personnel in the border area of West Bengal. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the government to file its response within three weeks. The court’s […]

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Apex court gives bail to Kolkata businessman

September 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court gives bail to Kolkata businessman

The Supreme Court Monday granted bail to businessman Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, owner of the Haldiram Bhujiawala shop in Kolkota, who was awarded life sentence for attempting to kill the owner of a tea stall adjacent to his outlet. Agarwal was convicted for criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder tea stall owner Promod Sharma alias Thakur, […]

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Court okays curbs on buses in Kolkata

July 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court has upheld the West Bengal government’s power to prevent stage carriage buses entering Kolkata in order to decongest roads and curb pollution. The apex court verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and P. Sathasivam Monday, upholding the West Bengal State Transport Authority’s power to deny permits or curtail […]

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