Calcutta High Court

A Calcutta High Court bench comprising observed that it is the duty of the Court to protect the Constitution and its values and the principles of democracy, which has been held to be a basic structure of the Constitution.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday imposed a "token cost of Rs 10,000" on president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Saurav Ganguly and Rs 50,000 each on the West Bengal government and a state-owned corporation, in connection with an out-of-turn land allotment.

The Calcutta High Court has acquitted a man booked under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act, observing that in case the act was participatory in nature and between two sufficiently mature persons, then a male cannot be indicted alone for the same.

The Court observed that the Petitioner submits that while it may have been true that the family members are named in the complaint against her, she is now free and is leading her own life free from any influence of any family member.

The Calcutta High Court has issued notice to the Central government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 39(7) of the Insurance Act.

In a major setback for the Mamata Banerjee government, the five-judge Supreme Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar on Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged cases of murder and crimes against women during the violence that followed the elections in West Bengal.

A single-judge bench of Calcutta High Court while hearing a petition filed by Soumitra Kanti Dey directed real estate group Emaar India Limited to pay a penalty of Rs 40 crore and plant 100 trees for illegally cutting down 62 trees.

A single-judge bench of Calcutta High Court while hearing a petition filed by Deepa Asani declared person Deepa Asani a 'mentally challenged person' by exercising its powers under Clause 17 of the Letters Patent, 1865.

"I feel ashamed that our esteemed Chartered High Court, which has an illustrious history, is being relegated to such insignificance that we cannot render justice to the litigants at large due to mere connectivity issues," observed Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya

A single bench of Calcutta High Court admitted the Election Petition of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Swadhin Kumar Sarkar who was defeated by Trinamool Congress' Candidate Chandana Sarkar by 2426 votes from the Baisnabnagar constituency.