Calcutta High Court

'Sec 498A meant to strike out dowry, misused for new legal terrorism in many cases': Calcutta HC

Justice Samanta highlighted that allegations of harassment and torture, as defined in Section 498A, cannot be solely based on the statement of the complainant (wife)

‘Need to hear students’ opinions,’ says Calcutta HC over Jadavpur University death case

The court was hearing petitions seeking its intervention in the case of the death of a first-year student who fell from a hostel building on August 9 and died at a nearby hospital early morning the next day. The police have registered a case of murder and conspiracy and made 12 arrests so far

Indian judiciary in 2022: A year marked by landmark judgments, usual controversies and need for introspection

Hopefully, 2023 will be marked by events that are more about strengthening the justice delivery system than some turf war and useless controversies

'He's lecturing but can't find students involved?': Court fumes over Director's vague report in IIT Kharagpur death case

SC stays Calcutta HC order for CBI probe into filing of plea by WBSSC in teachers recruitment scam

The Supreme Court also stayed the direction of the single-judge bench of the high court summoning Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Manish Jain before it on Friday in relation to the filing of the fresh application by the West Bengal Central SSC

Calcutta HC seeks report on probe into IIT-Kharagpur student's death

Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the police to produce the case diary on the next date of the hearing. The court was hearing a petition moved by the father of Faizan Ahmed who hailed from Assam, seeking a special investigation team probe into the death

Andaman ‘job-for-sex’ scandal: How two dozen women were taken to ex-chief secretary’s home and sexually exploited

Jitendra Narain, a 1990-batch IAS officer, joined as chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Island in March 2021. The ‘job-for-sex’ racket was uncovered after a 21-year-old woman alleged she was gang-raped by Narain, labour commissioner RL Rishi, and others on 14 April and 1 May

Jolt for Mamata Banerjee's relative as Calcutta High Court rejects case against ED

Menaka Gambhir had reached the Kolkata airport while going abroad for treatment when she was detained by officials from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and immigration department. Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law approached the Calcutta High Court after the incident and filed a contempt case

Supreme Court rejects Calcutta High Court verdict, grants big relief to Trinamool Congress

The Calcutta High Court had ordered to involve the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in this case. Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Swarna Kamal Saha and other TMC leaders had approached the Supreme Court challenging that order

Kolkata: High Court orders CBI investigation for TET answer sheet destruction case

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the destruction of OMR answer sheets of candidates for the Teacher Eligibility Test in 2014.