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Justice Uday Kumar dismissed a Section 482 CrPC petition seeking to quash a chargesheet under Sections 498A and 376 IPC, holding that disputed chronological facts must go to trial.
Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury held that a divorced mother who remarried may seek alteration of her minor son's birth certificate, subject to the child's own option on attaining majority.
Justice Uday Kumar quashed proceedings against a Territorial Army soldier stationed in Imphal, certified absent on the date of the alleged Hooghly assault, while allowing trial to continue against his co-petitioner brother.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court affirmed eviction of a husband who failed to prove financial dependence on or ordinary residence with his deceased wife-tenant at the suit premises.
Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta quashed a criminal complaint alleging fraud and threat, finding it legally impossible after one accused had died years before the alleged offence.
The Calcutta High Court reversed a Railway Claims Tribunal order and held that the deceased Baptu Pal was a bona fide passenger, awarding his family Rs. 8 lakh with interest under Section 124A of the Railways Act 1989.
A Division Bench dismissed a writ challenge to the Tribunal's refusal to reconfigure a 2016 Junior Engineers recruitment merit list, rejecting arguments that reserved category candidates who took relaxed personality-test marks could not occupy unreserved vacancies.
Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) set aside a Minimum Wages Authority order directing SBI to pay Rs 77 lakh to 69 ATM caretakers classified as watch-and-ward personnel, holding the finding lacked evidentiary basis.
Justice Jay Sengupta set aside statements of allegations carrying stale, vague charges against two Bagnan College professors, finding the entire exercise smacked of personal vendetta by the Principal.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissed an eviction appeal, holding that tenancy rights accruing after the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 came into force attract Section 2(g)'s five-year moratorium, and post-death rent receipts alone cannot create a fresh tenancy.
A NEET-UG 2026 candidate's EWS certificate was held up due to a name discrepancy in his mother's voter records; Calcutta High Court intervened a day before document verification.
Eight NEET UG 2026 candidates who filed their application forms as General or OBC-NCL sought EWS reservation at counselling using certificates obtained after 1 April 2026. The Calcutta High Court refused.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a voluntary retirement application, holding Rule 75(aaaa) of the WBSR bars such claims for medical education service members.
The Calcutta High Court set aside a Child Welfare Committee order declaring a newborn abandoned and his parents incapacitated, finding the committee bypassed due process and gave the biological mother no hearing before proceeding to adoption.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissed appeals by the SLSA, holding that the West Bengal Victim Compensation Scheme 2017 grants adult victims an unrestricted right over their awarded funds.
Justice Uday Kumar quashed criminal proceedings against a dairy unit manager under the Food Safety and Standards Act, holding the omission of the manufacturing company as accused was an incurable jurisdictional defect.
Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya dismissed the application after Banerjee's counsel stated he would not appear before the medical board at SSKM Hospital directed by the Court.
Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury held that the Executive Engineer passed a demolition order recklessly without consulting municipal records, damaging a legally sanctioned flat on the fourth floor.
The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri held that Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be used to evict a tenant, setting aside an ex parte SDM order.
Calcutta High Court sets aside a magistrate's order directing a husband to place Rs. 11 lakh in a fixed deposit in lieu of monthly maintenance for his minor son, remanding the matter for fresh hearing.
Justice Uday Kumar quashed a cheque-bouncing prosecution against a man whose father had died three years before the instruments were drawn, finding Section 141 structurally inapplicable to a sole proprietorship.
Justice Aniruddha Roy dismissed two review applications by a school and district inspector who had allowed a writ petition to be decided ex parte, directing full pension and retiral benefit release within eight weeks.
The Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench bars coercive action on a woman's RKSY-I ration card after her name was deleted from the electoral roll and her Form 6 application left pending for months.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected a challenge to the detention of a man identified as a Bangladeshi national, finding documents unreliable and drawing adverse inference after petitioner withheld parents' burial locations.
