Latest Calcutta Hc updates from LegalRepublic.in.
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.
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.
