Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Plea Flagging Violence At Jadavpur University Between ABVP & FETSU Students

The Calcutta High Court has declined an urgent hearing on a plea seeking immediate judicial intervention to restore law and order at Jadavpur University amid the ongoing unrest on the campus.The development comes amid clashes at Jadavpur University between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and students belonging to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (FETSU) during its ongoing annual general meeting. The rival groups have levelled allegations against...

Lawyer Accused Of Colluding With Judge's Secretary For TMC Leader's Case Records Opposes Claims, Requests Calcutta HC To Preserve CCTV

Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Suvra Ghosh had yesterday recused from hearing former TMC minister Sujit Bose's bail plea, after alleging that an advocate for the petitioner had made contact with her private secretary to access the case records in her chambers.Advocate Mousumi Bhowal, who was appearing as the Advocate-on-Record for Sujit Bose in the bail proceedings before the Calcutta High Court, has placed on record her opposition to the version of events surrounding the controversy that...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Order Directing State To Intervene In Ramakrishna Vedanta Math After Allegations Of Relics Being Neglected

The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri has set aside an order directing the District Magistrate, Darjeeling to convene a meeting and consider measures for preservation and maintenance of relics and articles kept at a Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, after a petitioner alleged that sacred relics associated with Swami Abhedananda were being kept in a neglected and unsafe...

Calcutta High Court Judge Recuses From Sujit Bose's Bail Plea After Counsel Tried To Access Case Record With Her Secretary's Help

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Suvra Ghosh has recused herself from hearing a bail application filed by former West Bengal minster Sujit Bose after the Judge alleged that one of the counsel appearing for Bose, along with the Judge's private secretary, attempted to access the case record from the Judge's chamber after the matter had been reserved for judgment.The matter concerns an...

Calcutta High Court Directs SIR Tribunal To Expeditiously Decide Plea Of Saudi Resident Unable To Renew Passport Over Voter List Deletion

The Calcutta High Court has directed the SIR Appellate Tribunal to decide within two weeks, an appeal challenging the deletion of a petitioner's name from the electoral roll, after the deletion allegedly came in the way of renewal of his passport.The petitioner, who is employed as a driver in Saudi Arabia, approached the High Court stating that his passport is due to expire in 2026 and that...

MBBS Student Denied Passport Over Mother's Name Deletion From Voter List: Calcutta High Court Directs SIR Tribunal To Decide In 2 Weeks

The Calcutta High Court has directed the concerned SIR Appellate Tribunal to decide within two weeks an appeal challenging the deletion of the petitioner's mother's name from the electoral roll, after the issue allegedly came in the way of the petitioner's passport application.The petitioner, who has secured admission to an MBBS course at a medical college in Bangladesh, approached the High...

Union Of India Being A 'Model Employer' Cannot Violate Equality In Public Employment: Calcutta HC

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee and A.C.J. Tapabrata Chakraborty held that regularization of ad hoc employees must be granted uniformly to all similarly situated individuals, and cannot be denied on the grounds of precedent being in personam when the facts and circumstances are identical. Background Facts The...

Calcutta High Court Records HDFC Bank's Assurance To Conduct Abhishek Banerjee's KYC In Plea Against Bank Account Freeze

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday took note of HDFC Bank's clarification that it seeks to conduct in-person KYC of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee at his residence before allowing operation of his personal bank account.The matter arose from allegations that Banerjee's personal bank account with HDFC Bank had been frozen, affecting his ability to operate the account. During the...

Calcutta High Court Declines Relief To Stone Trader & TMC Associate Tulu Mondal In Cash-Gold Seizure Case

The Calcutta High Court has declined to grant relief to Birbhum-based stone and sand trader Md Nazibuddin Mondal alias Tulu Mondal in connection with the investigation arising out of the seizure of a large amount of cash and gold bars from a property allegedly linked to him.A single bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing Mondal's plea challenging the criminal proceedings...

Relaxation In Personality Test Won't Bar Reserved Candidates From Open Category If Rules Permit Merit Migration: Calcutta HC

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Madhuresh Prasad and Justice Prasenjit Biswas held that the reserved category candidates who availed relaxed standards in the personality test are not automatically barred from competing for unreserved vacancies if the governing rules and scheme permit merit-based consideration on aggregate marks. Background Facts...

Tenant Who Loses Tenancy Can Be Evicted As Trespasser; City Civil Court Has Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a person whose tenancy comes to an end by operation of Section 2(g) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 cannot claim the status of a tenant for invoking the jurisdictional protection under Section 12A of the Act. The Court observed that whether such an occupant is described as a "trespasser" or a "tenant at sufferance" is immaterial, since he...

Calcutta High Court Quashes 163 'Vague' Charges Against Two Govt College Teachers, Says It Smacks Of Vindictiveness By Admin

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a preliminary enquiry and statements of allegations containing 93 charges against one Bagnan College teacher and 70 against another, holding that several allegations concerning unauthorised absence, attendance violations, service and academic records, promotions and alleged irregularities were either vague, frivolous or so stale that they could not...