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A Calcutta High Court Division Bench applied the Supreme Court's ruling in Rakesh Raman to dissolve a marriage separated for nearly twenty years, treating irretrievable breakdown as cruelty.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court ruled that a WBJEE applicant who held a valid EWS certificate on the date of online application could not be reverted to the general category merely because the certificate expired before scrutiny.
A Division Bench held that Aadhaar cards, voter ID and gas bills were prima facie proof of occupation, making the Port's demolition drive without Section 4 notice plainly unlawful.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court convicted five accused persons for murder after finding the trial court's reading of the postmortem report and a child witness's testimony to be perverse.
The Calcutta High Court has ordered Mogra Police Station to apprehend two accused persons and seize their electronic devices containing obscene photographs, so stored data cannot be further disseminated.
The Calcutta High Court held that land ownership in India cannot establish Indian citizenship, granting the petitioner one final opportunity to produce conclusive documents.
The Calcutta High Court held that the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation could not direct demolition execution within three days while simultaneously foreclosing the petitioners' right of appeal under Section 266(3).
The Calcutta High Court dismissed a wife's appeal against refusal to set aside an ex parte divorce decree, holding that her knowledge of the matrimonial suit since 2014 barred relief under Order IX Rule 13's second proviso.
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh released an NDPS accused on interim bail until 21 September 2026, holding that advanced pregnancy and foetal welfare warranted temporary relief despite Section 37's twin conditions.
Justice Uday Kumar found that recording a plea for a wrong cheque number and an inflated amount under Section 251 CrPC is an incurable structural defect, not a typographical error.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court set aside a Single Judge's order that had quashed a CISF constable's probationary termination, holding that his own appeal letter admitted implication in criminal cases.
Justice Krishna Rao set aside a July 2025 termination order against URJA INFRA, holding that the State could not reverse a January 2025 decision to foreclose the contract without explanation and then penalise the contractor.
Reducing a life sentence to seven years, the Calcutta High Court held Section 302 IPC not attracted where appellants intended only theft, while ordering a copy of its judgment to Eastern Railway's General Manager over TTE misconduct.
Justice Uday Kumar declined to quash a dowry and cruelty prosecution, ruling that matrimonial cruelty is a continuing offence and the Asansol court validly held jurisdiction.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissed an intra-court appeal challenging joint settlement of an excise licence between two grandsons of the original deceased licensee, holding prior experience is not a criterion under Rule 14(6).
Calcutta High Court recalls its earlier writ orders reviving an expired scheme, holds Punjab National Bank solely liable for insurance policies never materialising due to non-submission of mandatory farmer particulars.
The Calcutta High Court dismissed an appeal against an eviction decree, holding that holding over created a fresh monthly tenancy validly terminated by a 2003 notice, and that a Commercial Courts objection raised post-decree was untenable.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court upheld the husband's conviction under Section 304B IPC but reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years, while acquitting his parents for absence of substantive evidence against them.
The Calcutta High Court set aside a Railway Claims Tribunal dismissal, holding that a police seizure list recording recovery of a journey ticket from a deceased passenger's body was sufficient to establish an untoward incident under the Railways Act.
Petitioners could not show how they came to occupy CDLB and CPT quarters at Brook Lane, Garden Reach; Aadhaar cards alone held insufficient to establish possession.
The High Court at Calcutta held that SBI officers have no enforceable right to expense reimbursements, and withholding those reimbursements from officers who skip mandatory learning is not arbitrary.
The Calcutta High Court dismissed an intra-court appeal by West Bengal Transport Corporation, holding that financial stringency cannot be urged for the first time in a writ affidavit when the enquiry committee's own report found the deceased's family in need.
A Calcutta High Court Division Bench found SIT interrogations insufficient and directed all collected materials to be placed before it in a sealed cover on the next date.
Justice Krishna Rao held that the UGC Fee Refund Policy 2024-25 entitled the petitioner to a full refund, and that withholding original degree certificates to enforce a disputed bond debt is void as against public policy.
