Tag: Calcutta High Court

Source – livelaw.in The Supreme Court collegium of five senior Judges, which met on Friday, agreed “in principle”  that it would reiterate its previous recommendation – returned by the Centre for reconsideration – on appointing the chief justice of the Uttarakhand high court, Justice K.M.Joseph, as a judge of the apex court. But it has decided

Source – indiatoday.in The Calcutta High Court on Thursday suspended the panchayat election process in West Bengal till April 16. Hearing a petition filed by the Bengal unit of the BJP, Justice Subrata Talukdar issued a stay on the entire process of scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination papers underway across the state. The Court has also

Source – firstpost.com Kolkata: In a bid to reduce the number of pending cases, the Calcutta High Court will hold special sittings during the summer vacation to hear cases that were instituted prior to 2000. The move has, however, been opposed by the Bar Association which has passed a resolution against it on the grounds that of

Source:- spicyip.com The Calcutta High Court in two recent decisions has clarified some important aspects of the Designs Act, 2000 (“the Act”). Both cases were appeals to the High Court against the orders of the Controller of Designs, under Section 36 the Act. Case No. 1: Controller Must Pass Reasoned Orders In Krishna Plastic Industries

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Lawyers of Calcutta High Court want to give up wearing black gowns and black coats as essential dress code inside the court-rooms. The summer has been unbearable this year, a stretch of heat spell in the months of April and May without any respite from the usual April thunderstorm — Kalbaishakhi. Engaging in

Source – financialexpress.com The Calcutta High Court on Thursday put on hold the West Bengal government’s decision to impose restrictions on the immersion of Durga idols to avoid an overlap with Moharram processions, and ordered police to chart different routes for both. Hearing three pleas challenging the restrictions after the five-day puja festival, a division bench

Source – intoday.in Towing the Mamata government-drawn line of not immersing Durga idols today on the occasion of Muharram, Durga Puja Committees in Kolkata have awarded Didi a win in fight against Hindu fundamentalists, or have they been made to? The state government had imposed restrictions on Durga idol immersion on Vijaydashami on September 30 after 10 pm