Calcutta High Court Archives - Page 4 of 6

Calcutta HC had observed that it is beyond ability of state police to find those who were responsible for Ram Navami clashes

SC dismisses petition against Calcutta HC order directing NIA probe into...

PGurus Newsdesk - July 24, 2023 0

SC rejects WB govt’s appeal challenging HC order, paves the way for NIA probe into Ram Navami violence On Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed the...

Ten out of 11 vice chancellors have accepted the appointment offer from the Governor House on this count

Law and Order

Calcutta HC dismisses PIL challenging Governor’s appointment of interim vice chancellors

PGurus Newsdesk - June 28, 2023 0

The division bench dismisses the PIL and observed that the appointments of VCs in 11 state universities were totally valid A division bench led by...

The single-phase panchayat polls are scheduled to be held on July 8 and vote counting will be on July 11

Law and Order

Bengal Govt, State Election Commission to approach SC on central forces...

PGurus Newsdesk - June 17, 2023 0

WB govt and SEC to move SC challenging Calcutta HC’s order to deploy central forces The West Bengal government and the State Election Commission (SEC)...

The Calcutta HC said that the CCTVs should be installed in each and every polling booth and if necessary, the entire polling process should be video-recorded

Bengal Polls

Calcutta HC directs deployment of central forces in sensitive districts for...

PGurus Newsdesk - June 13, 2023 0

Bengal panchayat polls: Calcutta HC refuses to interfere with State EC's decision about the extension of the period of nomination, but insists on central...

Several incidents of violence over nominations have been reported from several districts like Murshidabad and Birbhum among others

Polls

Bengal panchayat polls: NHRC official to review reports of pre-poll violence;...

PGurus Newsdesk - June 12, 2023 0

NHRC takes suo-motu cognizance, appoints observer for violence over Bengal panchayat polls The National Human Right Commission's (NHRC) Director General, Investigation, Damodar Sarangi will be...

CBI is probing the criminal aspect of the scam and the ED is looking into the money trail involved in the alleged irregularities in school recruitment

Corruption

Bengal school jobs scam: Supreme Court refuses to stay ED, CBI...

PGurus Newsdesk - May 26, 2023 1

School jobs scam: SC stays HC order imposing Rs.25 lakh cost on Abhishek Banerjee, but not the CBI, ED probe Bengal school jobs scam: On...

While ordering the NIA probe, the division bench observed that it is beyond the ability of state police to find those who were responsible for the clashes, who instigated it

Law and Order

Bengal govt challenges Calcutta HC’s order for NIA probe of Ram...

PGurus Newsdesk - May 19, 2023 0

Bengal argues that NIA cannot conduct probe since order was based on PIL filed by the Opposition The West Bengal government has approached the Supreme...

Upholding a previous order, the Calcutta HC empowered the central agencies to question TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in connection with the multi-crore recruitment scam

Corruption

Calcutta HC upholds order; CBI, ED can quiz TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee...

PGurus Newsdesk - May 18, 2023 1

Calcutta HC raises questions about the reasons for Abhishek Banerjee's reluctance in facing the investigation into the matter On Thursday upholding a previous order, the...

While announcing the ban, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that certain scenes in the film can affect peace and harmony in the state

Cinema

Two PILs filed in Calcutta HC challenging Bengal govt’s ban on...

PGurus Newsdesk - May 10, 2023 0

Director Sudipto Sen has already challenged the state government's decision in the SC On Wednesday, two public interest litigations (PILs) have been filed at the...

The team had come to review the situation at Rishra in Hooghly district where clashes broke out over Ram Navami processions on April 2

Law and Order

Rishra violence: Fact-finding team stopped by police from reaching affected area

PGurus Newsdesk - April 8, 2023 0

'Fact-Finding Committee on Human Rights Violation' were stopped by police at Sreerampore, about 3 km from where the clashes broke On Saturday the members of...