Calcutta High Court

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.

The Supreme Court canceled the bail plea of ​​Govind Singh, the killer of Congress leader. Reprimanded the police officers for the laxity in the investigation.. said, pressurizing the judge on the police is a serious matter.

"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

The revisional application is disposed of with a direction that the Magistrate will be at liberty to record the plea of the petitioner through his advocate and his examination under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, may also be conducted in terms of Section 313(5) of the Code.

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.

The Calcutta High Court has restrained the Income Tax Department from collecting Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) under Section 194N of the Income Tax Act, 1961, till September 30.

The Calcutta High Court has lifted its interim stay imposed on West Bengal government's primary school teacher recruitment drive. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay passed this order while disposing of a petition filed by Abhijit Ghosh alleging irregularities in marking and the selection process