Calcutta HC asks West Bengal government to remove anti-CAA advertisements
Dec 23, 2019, at 01:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a setback for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal to remove anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, advertisements from television channels.
Calcutta HC rejects plea seeking stay on Srijit Mukherji's Gumnaami
Sep 25, 2019, at 11:29 pm
Kolkata: In a setback for a section of the Netaji family, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea which sought a stay on the release of filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's upcoming Bengali film Gumnaami based on the death and disappearance of Subhas Chandra Bose.
Saradha scam: Calcutta HC withdraws interim protection to former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar
Sep 13, 2019, at 04:38 pm
Kolkata, Sept 13 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Friday vacated its order which granted former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar protection from arrest in the Saradha cheat fund scam.
Kolkata: Govt lawyers boycott Justice Sampati Chatterjee's court room
Jul 22, 2019, at 07:31 pm
Kolkata, July 22 (UNI): A single-judge bench of Calcutta High Court today asked 11 councillors of Bongaon municipality to file affidavits even as government-empanelled lawyers stayed away from the court-room to protest her observations on political tussle over no-trust motion in the civic body.
Saradha scam: PBT moves Calcutta HC, seeks disclosure of TMC leader Madan Mitra's health records
Jul 03, 2019, at 03:24 pm
Kolkata, July 3 (IBNS): Patients' rights group People for Better Treatment (PBT) has moved the Calcutta High Court to seek direction for disclosure of health records based on which Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Madan Mitra was released from jail in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.
Calcutta HC goes tough with Mamata government, asks to mediate with NRS doctors
Jun 14, 2019, at 07:50 pm
Kolkata, Jun 14 (IBNS): Going tough with the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the ruling dispensation to mediate with the junior doctors protesting against the attack on their mate Paribaha Mukhopadhyay.
Kolkata Doctor's protest: High Court refuses to pass interim order
Jun 14, 2019, at 03:53 pm
Kolkata, Jun 14 (UNI) Calcutta High Court today refused to pass interim order on medicos' protest, asked West Bengal Government to mediate.
Howrah court incident to be heard on Monday
May 08, 2019, at 08:34 pm
Kolkata, May 8 (UNI): Calcutta High Court today allowed nearly a dozen petitioners to be added parties to the case on clashes in Howrah court premises over parking, registered as a writ petition after Chief Justice of Calcutta High took suo motu cognizance of the incident that left at least 20 people injured.
Calcutta HC stays the Customs summon to TMC MP Abhisekh's wife Ruchika
Apr 08, 2019, at 06:43 pm
Kolkata, Apr 8 (UNI) A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court today stayed the summon the Customs issued to Ruchika Naroola, wife of TMC MP Abhisekh Banerjee and asked her to file her appeal before a trial bench of the high court.
No Rath Yatra in Bengal at present: SC
Jan 15, 2019, at 03:56 pm
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere in the West Bengal government's decision to ban holding a rath yatra by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.
Calcutta HC gives woman permission to abort 24-week 'abnormal' foetus
Jan 14, 2019, at 10:58 pm
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IBNS): A bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday granted permission to a pregnant lady to abort her 24-week foetus on the ground of abnormality.
Calcutta HC to reconsider order permitting BJP's rath yatra in West Bengal
Dec 21, 2018, at 04:31 pm
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside its own order permitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s 'Ganatantra Banchao (Save Democracy) Yatra' in West Bengal.
Jaitley congratulates WB BJP after HC allows Amit Shah's Rath Yatra
Dec 20, 2018, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday congratulated the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Calcutta High Court allowed the party to proceed with its ‘Save Democracy’ Rath Yatra in the state even as the Mamata Banerjee government denied permission for the same.
Calcutta High Court allows Amit Shah's Rathyatra in West Bengal
Dec 20, 2018, at 02:38 pm
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IBNS) : In a setback to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the BJP to proceed with its ‘Save Democracy’ Rath Yatra in the state.
Calcutta HC refuses to give permission for BJP's yatra in Bengal
Dec 06, 2018, at 05:48 pm
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IBNS): In a major setback to the saffron brigade, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to grant permission for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s 'Ganatantra Bachao Yatra (Save Democracy Yatra)', which was scheduled to be flagged off by party's national president Amit Shah from Cooch Behar in West Bengal on December 7, media reports said.
Supreme Court refuses to stop Mamata Banerjee's Durga puja dole
Oct 12, 2018, at 01:14 pm
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IBNS): Upholding the Calcutta High Court's verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to stop West Bengal government's dole to all the Durga puja organisers across the state, media reports said.
Calcutta HC refuses to intervene in Mamata Banerjee's Durga puja dole
Oct 10, 2018, at 01:17 pm
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IBNS): In a win for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to intervene in West Bengal government's announcement of Rs 10 lakh each as a grant to all Durga puja committees across the state, media reports said.
Calcutta HC issues interim stay on WB government's puja disbursement
Oct 05, 2018, at 02:22 pm
Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on West Bengal government's disbursement to all clubs organising Durga puja across the state, media reports said.
CBI arrests NCB officer, Kolkata's renowned lawyer for allegedly demanding extortion money
Sep 04, 2018, at 04:12 pm
Kolkata, Sep 4 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday midnight arrested a renowned advocate of the Calcutta High Court and an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s Eastern Region for allegedly demanding extortion from a city businessman, officials said.
Getting Dearness Allowance is a legal right of govt employees: Calcutta HC
Aug 31, 2018, at 03:46 pm
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS): Dismissing the order of West Bengal State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday said that state government employees have legal rights to get dearness allowances (DA).
Calcutta High Court stays West Bengal Medical Council election process
Aug 16, 2018, at 09:29 pm
Kolkata, Aug 16 (IBNS): A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday put an interim stay on the election process of West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) till November over several alleged irregularities in the polling process.
May 10, 2018, at 10:51 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 10 (IBNS): The Supreme Court has stayed not only the Calcutta High Court's order of allowing e-nominations filed by the opposition parties, but also the uncontested win by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 34% of the total seats, media reports said.
May 08, 2018, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata, May 8 (IBNS): In a significant judgement, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed West Bengal State Election Commission to accept and validate all Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidates' nominations, which were filed through electronic messaging (email), for upcoming Panchayat polls.
Calcutta HC asks WB BJP chief Dilip Ghosh to furnish educational qualification documents
May 04, 2018, at 05:41 pm
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court has asked West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh to produce the documents of his educational qualifications, in response to a petition filed by a former saffron party leader, media reports said.
Calcutta High Court may decide West Bengal panchayat poll date today
May 04, 2018, at 05:21 pm
Kolkata, May 4 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court may take a final call on West Bengal panchayat poll date on Friday, media reports said.
Calcutta High Court to hear pleas against one-day West Bengal panchayat poll today
Apr 30, 2018, at 04:22 pm
Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): The Calcutta High Court on Monday will hear the two opposition parties' pleas against the State Election Commission's (SEC's) decision to conduct a single phase panchayat poll in West Bengal, media reports said.
Apr 20, 2018, at 10:31 pm
Kolkata, Apr 20 (IBNS): A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal State Election Commission to extend its deadline for nomination filing.
Hearing on West Bengal Panchayat poll ends in Calcutta High Court; verdict tomorrow
Apr 19, 2018, at 11:01 pm
Kolkata, Apr 19 (IBNS): A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court will pronounce the verdict on West Bengal Panchayat poll on Friday, as the hearing of petitions seeking an extension of nomination filing deadline ended on Thursday.
Approach Calcutta HC to seek extension of nomination filing deadline, SC tells BJP, CPI-M
Apr 12, 2018, at 01:05 am
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party and CPI-M to approach the Calcutta High Court to seek an extension of nomination filing deadline for the panchayat polls in West Bengal, scheduled to be held in May, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee receives D.Litt, says her life is full of negligences
Jan 11, 2018, at 10:46 pm
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday received an honourary D.Litt degree from Calcutta University amid the ongoing hearing of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court against the conferment of the title.