Calcutta High Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition filed by the Centre against the Calcutta High Court order, which had appointed Justice (Retd) Ranjit Kumar Beg of Calcutta High Court as sole arbitrator to settle the dispute between one Tarun Kanti Das, a contractor and Eastern Railways (Kolkata), arising out of a contract.

Advocate Diksha Mishra, Counsel of petitioner Haldibari Tea Manufacturers LLP, suggested the name of Justice A K Ganguly, on which respondent Vishwanathan KV also gave his consent, to solve their dispute.

The Supreme Court expres...

Supreme Court bench heard the petitioner's counsel and observed that, It is not a case where the accusation on the petitioner is for the offence mentioned in IPC that he will get the relief on the basis of slow process of trail and been in custody for a long period.

The Central Government o...

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.