Category: Calcutta High Court

Source – newindianexpress.com KOLKATA: A ‘Justice Clock’ will be installed at the Calcutta High Court on January 22, displaying the status of cases in subordinate courts of West Bengal, an official said here. The electronic LED display board beside the ‘E’ gate of the high court will be inaugurated by Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan, its

Source – news18.com Kolkata: In a relief to BJP leader Mukul Roy, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Kolkata Police not to arrest him until further orders in connection with a case of alleged payout for a railway panel membership. A division bench of Justices S Munshi and Md Nizamuddin granted relief to Roy

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Monday held that the government can in national interest frame laws to regulate appointments of teachers to educational institutions regardless of whether they are run by majority or minority communities provided the intent is to ensure the standard of excellence. A bench of justices Arun Mishra and U

Source – freepressjournal.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission Act, 2008, clearing the way for appointment of teachers in madrassas in the state. The top court also upheld the appointment of teachers made by commission constituted under the Act. A bench of justices Arun Mishra and U U

Source – swarajyamag.com The Calcutta High Court has restrained the Central and West Bengal governments from deporting a Rohingya couple, in “the spirit of humanity” till the disposal of a writ petition filed by the duo. A bench headed by Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya gave the order on a 18 December writ petition in which Abdur

Source – republicworld.com Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has been transferred from his post of Additional Deputy General of Crime Investigation Department (CID) and made the new Principal Secretary in the Information Technology department in the government of West Bengal. In September 2019, there erupted a massive manhunt by the CBI in trying to

Source – indianexpress.com The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered an interim stay on the deportation of a Rohingya couple to Myanmar. It also said that in order to “uphold the spirit of humanity”, the state government should provide basic amenities to the couple to help them live with dignity. In an order issued on

Source – news18.com Kolkata: In a crucial judgment, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed the deportation of a Rohingya couple. During the hearing, the couple’s lawyer Indrajeet Dey had argued that their expatriation to Myanmar “would be tantamount to a death sentence”. Abdur Sukur and Anowara Begum had illegally entered India from Bangladesh in 2017.

Source – theprint.in Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal government on Monday to suspend all media campaigns related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). A division bench of Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee directed the state government to suspend the campaigns on CAA till the court gives its final orders. The

Source – indiatoday.in In what seems to be a setback for the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Monday directed all state-sponsored advertisements against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) to be removed from public platforms. The court, in an interim direction, asked the Bengal government to suspend all