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  Why name lion, lioness 'Akbar' and 'Sita'?: Calcutta High Court asks Bengal to rename them

  February 22, 2024 21:01 IST

  The Lion and Lioness were brought to West Bengal under an exchange programme with Tripura. The lawyer representing the Bengal government said that both of them were named in Tripura.

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  BJP's Suvendu Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali today, Calcutta HC warns against provocative speeches

  February 20, 2024 6:04 IST

  Some villages in Sandeshkhali community development block II in North 24 Parganas district have been witnessing protests over allegations of sexual abuse of women by some local TMC leaders and their associates and also land grabbing from villagers.

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  SC transfers to itself from Calcutta HC pleas related caste certificate scam in MBBS admissions

  India | January 29, 2024 12:41 IST

  Earlier, the top court had taken suo moto cognisance of an order passed by a single bench of the Calcutta High Court that was termed as illegal and ignored an order of the division bench in a case of alleged irregularities in the admission of MBBS candidates.

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  Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court proceedings in reserved category certificate case | DETAILS

  India | January 27, 2024 11:55 IST

  Reserved category certificate case: The top court has taken suo moto cognisance of an order passed by a single bench of the Calcutta High Court that termed as illegal and ignored an order of the division bench in a case of alleged irregularities in the admission of MBBS candidates.

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  Calcutta High Court orders joint CBI-WB Police SIT to investigate attack on ED officials

  January 17, 2024 21:40 IST

  West Bengal: In a related development, another bench granted interim protection to ED officials against an FIR filed by Shajahan's caretaker, accusing them of theft, outraging modesty, and assaulting women and children.

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  High Court asserts 'Right to Assembly': Orders police to permit Amit Shah's Kolkata meeting

  November 20, 2023 20:33 IST

  Kolkata: Ruling in favor of the party's right to hold a public meeting featuring Amit Shah, the court emphasizes the principles of a free country but recognises the police's authority to impose reasonable restrictions.

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  Calcutta High Court grants relief to TMC's Abhishek Banerjee, directs ED not to take coercive steps

  September 22, 2023 13:50 IST

  The Calcutta HC has provided a relief to TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and asked the ED not to take any coercive steps in connection with its probe into the school jobs scam in West Bengal.

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  Courts must not be hypersensitive or swung by emotions while exercising contempt jurisdiction: SC

  India | July 30, 2023 16:22 IST

  The Supreme court made the observation while setting aside a Calcutta High Court order that revoked a doctor's license for contempt of court.

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  822 companies of central forces for West Bengal Panchayat polls, SEC tells Calcutta High Court

  India | June 23, 2023 19:52 IST

  The State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday (June 23) told the Calcutta High Court that a total of 822 companies of central forces have been requisitioned for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal.

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  Teachers' recruitment scam: Calcutta HC directs CBI to initiate probe against another Trinamool MLA

  April 18, 2023 17:52 IST

  Teachers' recruitment scam: Allegations about Saha's involvement in the recruitment scam were made quite some time back and the state police were also conducting a probe in the matt

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  Calcutta HC directs Mamata govt to deploy central forces to ensure law and order on Hanuman Jayanti

  April 05, 2023 15:05 IST

  The Calcutta High Court asked the Bengal government what steps it is taking to ensure peace and tranquillity in view of the Hanuman Jayanti tomorrow.

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  School Jobs Scam: Calcutta HC directs WBBSE to cancel appointment of 1,911 staff

  February 10, 2023 20:25 IST

  School Jobs Scam: The Calcutta High Court directed WBBSE to cancel the appointments of 1,911 employees.

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  Calcutta HC dismisses plea for fast-track hearing on Adani Group's power project in Murshidabad

  India | February 07, 2023 13:54 IST

  Adani row: According to the information, the PIL was filed by the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) and 30 fruit farmers in the Farakka region.

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  School Job Scam: Calcutta High Court rejects bail plea of former SSC chairman

  December 22, 2022 10:35 IST

  School Job Scam: The Calcutta High Court has rejected a bail plea of the former chairman of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission. The WBCSSC chairman was arrested by the CBI for school job scam.

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  Calcutta High Court now seeks details of illegal recruitment of non-teaching staff

  December 21, 2022 11:02 IST

  The Calcutta High Court has now asked to submit the details of the illegal recruitment of non-teaching staff in state-run schools in West Bengal.

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  Might advise ECI to cancel recognition of Trinamool Congress: Calcutta HC judge

  India | November 25, 2022 14:08 IST

  Justice Gangopadhyay questioned how the state cabinet could take such a decision to accommodate ineligible candidates appointed illegally.

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  Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to three arrested Jharkhand MLAs

  India | August 17, 2022 17:00 IST

  Jharkhand MLAs interim bail: A division bench comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and Ananya Bandopadhyay granted interim bail to the three MLAs for three months and directed them to not leave the Kolkata municipal area during the period.

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  Prophet row: Call in central forces if stir gets out of control, Cal HC tells Bengal govt

  India | June 16, 2022 17:25 IST

  The West Bengal government was asked by Calcutta High Court to take all possible measures, including deployment of central forces, to ensure no violence takes place during protests over remarks made against Prophet Muhammad by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

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  Calcutta High Court orders CBI to form SIT to probe teachers recruitment scam

  India | June 15, 2022 21:57 IST

  Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed that the members of the SIT will not be engaged in any other case other than the probe into the alleged irregularities in the primary teachers' recruitment and ordered CBI to submit the names of the team members to the court by Friday.

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  Prophet row: Calcutta HC tells Bengal to call central forces if police fail to control situation

  India | June 14, 2022 0:05 IST

  The court directed the West Bengal government to file a status report on the situation on June 15 on a prayer to do so by the advocate general representing the state.