Calcutta HC News
The Calcutta High Court launched a scathing attack at the state administration for its failure to prevent the vandalism at RG Kar Medical Hospital.
A vacation division bench of Justices Kausik Chanda and Apurba Sinha Ray made the observation while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) on the issue.
Calcutta HC Judge Dash said that he treated everyone equally, whether they were rich or poor, communists, BJP, Congress, or TMC (Trinamool Congress) despite being a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
A division bench of Calcutta HC which revoked the imposition of section 144 CrPC orders in the area and allowed LoP Suvendu Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali.
The Calcutta HC last week ordered cancellation of the appointments of 36,000 primary teachers in state-sponsored and aided schools as the due procedure was not followed in the appointment process.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice to take away Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee`s case from the court of Justice Gangopadhyay.
The case was filed against Rawal by CPI(M) politburo member and party`s state secretary in West Bengal Md Salim at Taltala Police Station in Kolkata.
"In such a situation, it is unfortunate that the teachers are facing unnecessary delay in getting their retirement benefits after cessation of their service lives. The matter should be looked at seriously," he said.
This is the second time that the bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has imposed a penalty on Bhattacharya, who is currently in judicial custody. On January 16, the same bench imposed a penalty of Rs 2 lakh on him.
Trouble is brewing for arrested TMC leader Anubrata Mondal.
His daughter has been asked by Calcutta HC to appear before it on Thursday.
It is alleged that she was appointed to primary school without having cleared the test.
TMC observes Martyrs' Day on July 21 every year to commemorate the killing of 13 people in police firing on a Youth Congress rally against the then Left Front government in 1993 when Mamata Banerjee was the YC state president.
Calcutta HC directed the state authorities to call in central forces if the local police fail to control the situation
The court expressed hope that the state govt will take the necessary steps to ensure that no untoward incident takes place
The state govt was further asked to file a status report on the situation on June 15 on prayer to do so by the Advocate General
The West Bengal minister was to appear before the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in the appointment of assistant teachers in state government-aided schools.
Eight people, including three women and two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen houses were set ablaze in a village in the Birbhum district early Tuesday in a suspected fallout of the murder of a ruling TMC panchayat official.
The retired Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Manjula Chellur to head the SIT probe.
The state government has filed a Special Leave Petition challenging the Calcutta High Court order in the SC.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is challenging the Nandigram results in West Bengal assembly elections
Banerjee has alleged that irregularities were committed in the vote counting exercise
Banerjee has claimed in her recusal petition that she has been made aware that Justice Chanda was an "active member" of the BJP.
A five-judge larger bench of Calcutta High Court was hearing the PIL seeking an investigation into West Bengal post-poll violence
Several incidents of violence have been reported at various places after the declaration of the Assembly poll results on May 2
Narada bribery case: CBI has withdrawn its appeal from SC against Calcutta HC order
The HC had earlier ordered the house arrest of TMC leaders in the case
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The Calcutta high court on Thursday allowed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to proceed with its ‘Save Democracy’ Rath Yatra in West Bengal, in a major setback to the Mamata Banerjee government. Watch what the court said:
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