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Coronavirus outbreak: Calcutta High Court to start thermal screening of visitors
News | March 17, 2020 10:45 ISTAs outbreak of coronavirus continues to haunt, Calcutta High Court issued a notification to take all necessary measures. From today onwards, Calcutta High Court will start thermal screening of visitors at entry gates.
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Settle contractual workers' unpaid dues in 5 weeks: High Court to BSNL
India | November 25, 2019 20:55 ISTThe Calcutta High Court on Monday directed state-owned telecom major BSNL Ltd to settle unpaid wages of contractual workers within five weeks.
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E-cigarette ban: Firm challenges 'discriminatory' decision in HC
India | September 26, 2019 22:45 ISTA city-based electronic cigarette wholesale company on Thursday moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the Centre's decision to ban such alternative smoking devices, terming it is arbitrary, discriminatory, excessive and drastic.
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Security beefed up at Calcutta High Court after bomb threat
India | September 26, 2019 20:32 ISTSecurity 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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Saradha scam: Calcutta HC vacates order granting protection from arrest to ex-top cop
India | September 13, 2019 15:56 ISTThe court also rejected Kumar's prayer for quashing of a CBI notice that sought his appearance for questioning in the case.
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'Hindu Pakistan' comment: Calcutta HC stays arrest warrant against Tharoor
India | August 22, 2019 22:38 ISTTharoor's counsel Ritzu Ghoshal moved the petition ex-parte challenging the warrant against him, claiming that that the summons issued by the chief metropolitan magistrate was faulty and that he was not a resident within its jurisdiction.
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Calcutta High Court judge bars journalists from entering her courtroom
India | July 31, 2019 16:39 ISTAt the commencement of the hearing on the Bongaon matter, Justice Chattopadhyay orally directed that reporters would not be allowed to be present in her courtroom, during a hearing of cases, till further orders.
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High Court extends interim protection from arrest to former cop Rajeev Kumar
India | July 22, 2019 14:59 ISTThe protection from arrest and coercive action, which was to expire on Monday, was extended by Justice Madhumati Mitra for a week or until further orders. The court also adjourned till Tuesday hearing on Kumar's prayer for quashing a notice to him in May by the CBI to appear before it, for assisting the investigation into the Saradha chit fund case.
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Bengal man asked to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to wife
India | July 16, 2019 17:19 ISTThe Calcutta High Court has directed a man to pay Rs 1 lakh as compensation to his wife for causing distress and mental agony and said determination of "compensation should not be outcome of guesses".
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High Court sets aside compulsory retirement of lower court judge, imposes 'cost' of Rs 1 lakh on itself
India | July 07, 2019 21:37 ISTDirecting that the judge be reinstated immediately, a division bench comprising Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Suvra Ghosh ordered that "costs assessed at Rs 1 lakh to be paid by the high court to the appellant."
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SC refuses to interfere with Calcutta HC order about TMC leader's wife
India | July 03, 2019 16:50 ISTWife of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Abhishek Banerjee was issued a summons by Customs department. The summons was temporarily suspended by Calcutta High Court.
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Calcutta HC directs woman who wants to terminate pregnancy to appear before medical board
India | January 11, 2019 17:26 ISTConsidering the urgency as the woman is 25 weeks pregnant, Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty directed the West Bengal Additional Advocate General to submit the report of the board on Monday.
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Woman seeks Calcutta HC nod to terminate 24-week pregnancy
India | January 10, 2019 19:00 ISTThe petitioner claimed before the court of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty that the tests done during various stages of her pregnancy showed that the brain of the foetus is underdeveloped.
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Amit Shah's Bengal Rath Yatra: Calcutta HC accepts BJP's plea against Mamata govt order
India | December 07, 2018 11:45 ISTThe West Bengal government had refused to allow the event over the possibility of communal tension.
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Calcutta High Court asks Vodafone to deposit Rs 2.5cr over copyright issue
Business | October 12, 2018 23:50 ISTThe IPRS moved the high court claiming copyright over the songs and prayed for restraining the telecom firm from using those for its value-added services such as caller ringback tones and mobile apps like Vodafone Play, Idea Music and Idea Movies & TV.
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Collegium recommends names for appointment of Chief Justices of 5 high courts
India | October 12, 2018 21:02 ISTThe Collegium has also recommened the names of justices Ramesh Ranganathan, A S Bopanna and Vijai Kumar Bist for appointment as chief justices of the high courts of Uttarakhand, Gauhati and Sikkim respectively.
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West Bengal government will have to compensate any panchayat poll violence victims, directs Calcutta High Court
Elections | May 10, 2018 17:28 ISTThe court's direction came after hearing the petitioners and respondents and taking stock of the deployment of armed forces on the polling day by the state government.
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West Bengal panchayat polls: Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court's order on e-mail nominations
India | May 10, 2018 16:23 ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra took note of the fact that almost 17,000 candidates have won the panchayat polls unopposed and directed the SEC not to declare them as winners
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West Bengal panchayat polls: HC allows filing of nominations through e-mail
Elections | May 09, 2018 6:21 ISTThe court passed the order on an appeal filed by the CPI(M) and directed that it pertained to those candidates, whose names appeared in the list submitted by the appellant before it.
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Calcutta HC refuses to interfere in West Bengal Panchayat poll schedule, says 'SEC should show neutrality'
India | May 04, 2018 14:55 ISTThe High Court refused to interfere in the schedule announced by the Commission on a petition claiming that notification should provide all dates from nomination to that of result and prayed for quashing of the notification.
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