Calcutta High Court

In a latest development, today the Calcutta High Court ordered that all Durga Puja pandals in the state be declared no-entry zones. The order further stated that only the organizers can enter pandals, while name of those allowed to enter pandals should be displayed outside it.

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the state government’s notification which provided for disbursement of Rs 50,000 to each of the organising committees for Durga Puja in the state.

The West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department has submitted a progress report to the Calcutta High Court of the investigation into the killing of BJP leader Manish Shukla

With the Mamata Banerjee government of West Bengal opening up the process of holding community Durga Pujas in the state as in earlier years, disregarding a possible wildfire spread of Covid infections, a PIL has been filed in the Calcutta High Court, asking for a stay on the decision of the government.

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a police charge sheet against Union Minister Babul Supriyo for passing ‘objectionable’ comments at TMC MP Mahua Moitra during a TV debate in 2017.

The Calcutta High Court, while passing judgment on a challenge to a show cause notice issued by the registrar of a cooperative society, has said that a registrar is competent to issue show cause notices for violation of rules and byelaws.

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court yesterday refused to offer interim relief to Harsh Vardhan Lodha on an earlier probate court judgment that ordered his removal from all MP Birla group companies.

The Calcutta High Court has held that family members of deceased Covid-19 patients should be allowed to perform the funeral rites if they follow certain guidelines, because they have the right to a decent funeral under the Indian Constitution.

New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court has took suo motu cognizance of the unnatural deaths of elephants, bisons and other wild animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians etc. in the north Bengal region.

While most courts in the country are in virtual mode amid this pandemic and physical hearings are a rarity and mostly urgent matters are being heard over video conferencing, one set of litigants are using this as an opportunity to manage relief by suppressing facts.