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  Mamata Banerjee moves Calcutta HC over BJP's Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram win

  India | June 17, 2021 22:52 IST

  BJP's Suvendu Adhikari had defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram seat by 1736 votes in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections.

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  Narada scam: Calcutta HC grants interim bail to Trinamool leaders

  India | May 28, 2021 14:47 IST

  The five-member bench said, "We grant them interim bail with certain conditions and hear the main matter as it will take a week or so. Also the lockdown in West Bengal has been extended."

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  Cyclone Yaas: Calcutta High Court cancels all matters listed for May 26-27

  India | May 25, 2021 7:41 IST

  Calcutta High Court on Monday informed that it has canceled the hearing of all matters listed for May 26 and 27, in view of the warning issued by IMD for Cyclone Yaas.

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  Narada case: Calcutta HC orders house arrest of TMC leaders, refers case to larger bench

  India | May 21, 2021 14:07 IST

  The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered house arrest of two West Bengal Ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former leader Sovan Chatterjee in connection with the Narada scam.

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  Calcutta High Court directs 20 per cent reduction in schools' tuition fee in West Bengal

  Education | October 13, 2020 16:17 IST

  The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed a 20 per cent reduction in schools' tuition fee in West Bengal during the coronavirus pandemic period. The court's order will be binding for all non-government aided schools in Bengal.

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  Security beefed up at Calcutta High Court after bomb threat

  India | September 26, 2019 20:32 IST

  Security has been tightened at the Calcutta High Court, after a letter threatened of multiple bomb blasts inside its buildings on September 30, Registrar General Rabindranath Samanta said on Thursday. The letter claimed to have been written by one Hardarshan Singh Nagpal, said that he and his son will trigger several bomb blasts inside the court complex, Samanta said.

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  CBI's attempt to enter WB Police chief's house: HC declines immediate hearing

  India | February 04, 2019 15:33 IST

  Following objection by the Union government, Justice Shivakant Prasad refused to give the matter an immediate hearing and listed it for Tuesday.

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  Amit Shah Rath Yatra: CJ of Calcutta HC asks BJP to move appeal today

  India | December 07, 2018 1:29 IST

  According to BJP lawyer Phiroze Edulji, chief justice, while refusing a hearing on Thursday evening itself, asked the BJP lawyers to move the appeal before the court on Friday morning.

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  BJP moves Calcutta HC seeking permission for Bengal 'rath yatra'

  India | December 05, 2018 18:02 IST

    BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to kickstart the party's "Save Democracy Rally", comprising three "rath yatra", in the state.

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  West Bengal panchayat poll: Calcutta HC extends stay on election process

  Elections | April 17, 2018 20:15 IST

  Panchayat polls in West Bengal are scheduled to be held in three phases from May 1 to May 5, and the counting of votes is slated for May 8.

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  West Bengal Panchayat Elections: Calcutta HC single bench extends stay on poll process till tomorrow

  India | April 16, 2018 16:47 IST

  Justice Subrata Talukdar directed that he will take up the matter tomorrow at 2 PM after going through today's order of the appeal bench. 

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  Mamata Banerjee to approach Supreme Court to challenge Calcutta HC's Durga idol immersion order

  News | September 22, 2017 13:34 IST

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  Setback for Mamata Govt as Calcutta HC allows Durga idol immersion on all days as per Hindu almanac from Dussehra

  India | September 21, 2017 16:39 IST

  The Mamata Banerjee government had earlier banned idol immersion after 10 pm on September 30 - Dashami when the Durga Puja ends. The Muslim community will mark Muharram on October 1.

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  'Muharram vs Durga Puja': Calcutta HC to deliver crucial verdict today

  News | September 21, 2017 11:31 IST

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  Calcutta HC slams Mamata Banerjee over Durga Puja idol immersion row

  News | September 20, 2017 21:36 IST

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  Facing arrest, Justice Karnan becomes first HC judge to retire while still ‘absconding’

  India | June 12, 2017 13:00 IST

  Calcutta High Court Judge Justice CS Karnan, who is facing arrest for being held guilty under the Contempt of Courts Act, will today become the first judge of a high court to retire while being ‘absconding’

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  Where is Justice Karnan?

  India | May 11, 2017 11:25 IST

  The West Bengal police team that arrived in Chennai on Wednesday to arrest Justice CS Karnan, sentenced to six months’ jail by the Supreme Court, failed to trace his location.

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  ‘Mad order by mad judges’, says Justice Karnan as doctors arrive to examine him

  India | May 04, 2017 13:47 IST

  Calcutta High Court Justice C.S. Karnan, who is facing contempt charges for degrading the judiciary and making allegations of corruption against Supreme Court judges, fired a fresh salvo against the higher judiciary on Thursday.

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  ‘Ridiculous order, who is Supreme Court to decide my mental state’: Justice Karnan

  India | May 01, 2017 17:25 IST

  The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a medical board in Kolkata to examine the mental health of Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan, who is facing contempt proceedings.

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  ‘Are you mentally fit, Justice Karnan?’ asks SC after Kolkata judge refused to respond to defamation charges

  India | March 31, 2017 14:04 IST

  Taking serious note of the blatant defiance shown by Justice CS Karnan to the Supreme Court’s directions, the apex court today asked the Kolkata judge if he was mentally fit.