Shampa Sarkar

Dissatisfied with a report by Presidency correctional home authorities on a missing undertrial , Calcutta High Court asked them to trace the person and produce CCTV grabs. The HC told the correctional home superintendent to appear in court in person with the jail register.

Calcutta High Court ordered the setting up of a special investigating team (SIT) to investigate the death of a 25-year-old woman, Rasika Jain, who had fallen from the third-floor terrace of her in-law’s house in February 2021.

The Bengal advocate general on Thursday sought Calcutta High Court’s permission to file an affidavit correcting his submission made before the division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj on the Howrah Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging irregularities in the Nandigram polls, after counsel for BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari submitted that a transfer plea on the matter had already been filed in the Supreme Court.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a high-level investigation into the whereabouts of Ghana, who used to roam the premises of a Kalyani court, and who was allegedly abducted by a group of men about four months ago, while directing the Ranaghat SP to initiate proceedings

Calcutta High Court on Monday said ensuring free and fair elections should be the top goal of the Election Commission. The EC told the court that it would “ensure free and fair elections and will do everything needed for such purpose”.

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday lifted its interim stay on grants the state had decided to disburse to community Puja organisers, prompting petitioners to say they would move Supreme Court challenging this.

Admitting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's petition for hearing, the Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed that notice be served upon leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, whose victory from Nandigram in the assembly elections was challenged by her. Justice Shampa Sarkar directed that Banerjee's election petition will be taken up for hearing on August 12.

The Calcutta High Court organized its first online Lok Adalat on Saturday, during which 60 cases were disposed of. The next Lok Adalat at the HC will be on September 26. Justice Soumen Sen urged the central and state governments, insurance companies and banks to send more cases for adjudication on that date.

Zilla parishad sabhadhipati Gour Mandal tendered his resignation on Tuesday after Calcutta high court rejected his prayer to stay a no-confidence notice served to him by 23 members of the 38-strong district council.

In a first, the Calcutta High Court will have six women judges presiding over proceedings at the same time. The appointments of justices Ananya Bandyopadhyay and Rai Chattopadhyay as additional judges took the number to six on Wednesday.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked Md Enamul Haque, who was arrested by CBI in a cattle smuggling case, to be produced at a special court in Asansol within a week after he tests Covid negative. Haque was due to appear before the Asansol court by November 9, but had to be quarantined at his Park Circus home after he tested Covid positive. Haque was tested again at the Beliaghata ID hospital on Tuesday in the presence of CBI officers.

The West Bengal government Friday moved an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta high court challenging a single bench order that allowed BJP's 'Rath Yatra' programme in the state.