Calcutta High Court
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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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Kolkata High Court orders fresh dates for West Bengal panchayat polls
Politics | April 21, 2018 7:54 ISTKolkata High Court orders fresh dates for West Bengal panchayat polls.
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West Bengal panchayat elections: Calcutta HC asks state EC to issue fresh extension for filing nomination
Elections | April 20, 2018 17:49 ISTThe Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside its earlier order and directed the State Election Commission to issue fresh extension for filing of nomination and polls in consultation with the state.
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SC asks state BJP to approach Calcutta HC over West Bengal panchayat elections
Elections | April 11, 2018 16:18 ISTA bench of justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre requested the Calcutta High Court to consider the matter tomorrow in accordance with the law.
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Former Calcutta HC judge CS Karnan released from jail after serving 6 months for contempt of court
India | December 20, 2017 12:26 ISTKarnan had earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first sitting high court judge to have been sentenced to jail.
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'Slit my throat but no one can tell me what to do': Mamata Banerjee on Calcutta HC order
National | September 21, 2017 21:41 ISTThe Mamata Banerjee government had banned idol immersion after 10 pm on September 30 - Dashami - when the Durga Puja ends. The Muslim community will mark Ashura on October 1.
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Justice Karnan ‘refuses to accept’ warrant, says counsel; police says warrant served
India | March 17, 2017 15:55 ISTJustice CS Karnan today had around 100 cops led by the chief of the West Bengal Police at his doorstep in Kolkata today to serve him the warrant in a contempt case.
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Being targeted because of my caste, says Calcutta HC Justice CS Karnan
India | March 10, 2017 16:16 ISTHours after an arrest warrant was issued against him at the behest of the Supreme Court, serving Calcutta High Court Justice CS Karnan played the caste card and made it clear that he won’t present himself before the top court.
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Calcutta High Court strikes down Mamata govt's decision to withold polls to 7 civic bodies
National | April 16, 2015 18:35 ISTKolkata: Holding that the State Election Commission (SEC) has the primacy in fixing the dates of polls, the Calcutta High Court today struck down West Bengal government's decision to withold elections to seven civic bodies
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