The West Bengal government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order directing a CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali matter pertaining to the attack on ED officials and called the decision by the High Court against the concept of federalism. Challenging the validity of Calcutta HC’s of March 5, division […]
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Abhijit Gangopadhyay says he will join BJP, hours after stepping down as Calcutta HC judge
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who stepped down as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday announced that he will join the Bharatiya Janata Party. “Maybe on 7th (March) in the afternoon. There is a tentative program, when I will join BJP,” Gangopadhyay said while addressing mediapersons here today. “The […]
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PIL filed in Calcutta HC challenging Rajiva Sinha’s appointment as election commissioner
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday challenging the West Bengal election commissioner’s Rajiva Sinha appointment. The matter is likely to be heard next week. Rajiv Sinha was appointed as the SEC on June 7 and the panchayat elections were declared on June 8 for July 8, […]
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SC agrees to list plea on Tuesday challenging Calcutta HC’s order on deployment of central forces in Panchayat elections
The Supreme Court, on Monday, agreed to list on June 20 the plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order regarding the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections. A vacation bench of justices Surya Kant and MM Sundresh agreed to hear the matter tomorrow. Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora mentioned before the […]
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Calcutta HC directs West Bengal Police to form SIT to probe Mominpur violence
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed West Bengal Police to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the Mominpur incident. After the investigation, the SIT will have to submit its report in court. The Calcutta High Court has also directed the Kolkata Police Commissioner to take steps so […]
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Kolkata: Calcutta HC seeks govt report over violence in BJP’s protest
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought a report from the West Bengal Home Secretary over the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ by September 19. BJP carried out a massive protest march ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ to the state secretariat on Tuesday where a clash broke out between BJP workers and […]
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Calcutta HC orders CBI-NIA to probe alleged forced religious conversion case in Malda district
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Authority (NIA) to probe an alleged case of forced conversion in West Bengal’s Malda district. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha was adjudicating upon a plea moved by two women who claimed that their husbands, brothers by relation and residents of the […]
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Calcutta HC imposes fine of Rs 5 lakhs on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakhs on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for putting the judiciary in a bad light. The Calcutta High Court’s single bench led by Justice Kausik Chanda passed the order while hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s election petition challenging BJP leader […]