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Calcutta High Court asks CBI to probe construction on Kolkata's Tripura House premises

Justice Amrita Sinha also imposed a penalty of ₹44 crore on the owner and developer of the building, with each being asked to pay ₹22 crore, for felling a large number of trees within the premises

The Hindu · May 20, 2022

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into Tripura House heritage tag downgrade

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into how Tripura House, an iconic grade-I heritage property at 59 Ballygunge Circular Road, was downgraded to grade-II and its gate, portico, fountain, driveway, garden were razed to allow construction of a high-rise, flouting heritage norms and disregarding objections…

The Times of India · May 20, 2022

Calcutta HC keeps off GTA polls issue

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to intervene in the proposed elections to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.

The Times of India · May 19, 2022

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Watch SSC office data room like a hawk, Calcutta HC tells CBI

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked CBI to keep a “hawk eye” on the room containing SSC data, telling the agency to padlock it and post two CRPF personnel as guards by 7pm. The HC sought a short compliance report by 2pm on Friday and said SSC could only…

The Times of India · May 19, 2022

School appts: Partha in SC against ‘coercive steps’ by CBI

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress minister Partha Chatterjee filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking protection against coercive steps by CBI during investigation into the “massive irregularities” in appointments in state-aided schools. The apex court is likely to hear it on Friday.

The Times of India · May 19, 2022

For the first time in its history, Calcutta HC has 6 women judges on bench

KOLKATA: In a first, the Calcutta High Court will have six women judges presiding over proceedings at the same time.

The Times of India · May 19, 2022

West Bengal: ‘Paresh Adhikary sent email to CBI seeking time’

KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday questioned minister of state for education Paresh Adhikary for nearly three hours, 36 hours since he went missing en route to Kolkata from north Bengal after Tuesday’s Calcutta High Court order to appear before the agency in connection with an alleged irregularity in a school…

The Times of India · May 19, 2022

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West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee appears before CBI in recruitment scam

Partha Chatterjee was the State Education Minister when the alleged appointments were made

The Hindu · May 18, 2022

SSC scam | Calcutta High Court refuses to hear Minister’s plea seeking stay on Order to appear before CBI

The division Bench refused to hear the plea, saying that since the appeal has not been affirmed or filed in the registry of the court, it cannot hear the prayer

The Hindu · May 18, 2022

2.34 lakh cases pending at Calcutta High Court, 41% judges’ posts vacant

The Calcutta High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 72 judges, is functioning with only 39 judges, according to data provided on its website

The Hindu · May 15, 2022

Chidambaram faces protests by lawyers claiming allegiance to Bengal Congress

They were upset that the Congress leader was representing a firm in a corruption case filed by State Congress chief

The Hindu · May 4, 2022

Law and order in turmoil

The immediate task for West Bengal’s government is to restore the reputation of the police force

The Hindu · May 1, 2022

Judicial appointments for Calcutta, Himachal HCs

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The Hindu · Apr 27, 2022

Mamata Banerjee pulls up Bengal police officers for violence, sexual assault case

State government facing loss of face because of your negligence, she says

The Hindu · Apr 27, 2022

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The Hindu · Apr 27, 2022

West Bengal post-poll violence | Lawyers' group to meet President Ram Nath Kovind; take out protest march on April 29

Addressing a press conference, the association's convener Kabir Shankar Bose said a candle light tribute march has been organised for families of the victims

The Hindu · Apr 26, 2022

Trinamool government trying to say no one killed Anish Khan: CPI(M)

SIT has reportedly indicated that death of the 28-year-old student leader may be “non-homicidal”

The Hindu · Apr 26, 2022

Calcutta High Court orders forensic audit of CCTV footage of Contai municipal poll

The court was hearing a PIL plea by BJP’s Soumendu Adhikari alleging violence, malpractices in the election

The Hindu · Apr 24, 2022

587 awarded victim compensation in West Bengal in six years, 60% for offences under POCSO

SLSA has disbursed ₹15.81 crore to the victims and their families, in six years

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The Hindu · Apr 19, 2022

Anish Khan death case | SIT submits probe progress report to Calcutta HC

West Bengal Government's lawyer told that the investigation was nearing completion

The Hindu · Apr 17, 2022

CBI arrests absconding accused in Nadia rape case

The agency took over the case on April 13 following a directive from the Calcutta High Court

The Hindu · Apr 14, 2022

CBI probe into Birbhum violence, Hanskhali rape in West Bengal gathers momentum

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar alleges that the bureaucracy in State is politicised

The Hindu · Apr 13, 2022

Bengal rape victim’s father speaks of threats

Accused said he will kill the family.

The Times of India · Apr 11, 2022

Schools reopen in Kolkata, yellow-card entry for kids with no dues

KOLKATA: Ashok Hall School, Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar and G D Birla Centre for Education reopened their gates on Monday to those students whose parents have cleared their pending fees, following a two-day shutdown. While these students were given special identity cards, the rest stayed away from the schools, ensuring…

The Times of India · Apr 11, 2022

SSC probe report: West Bengal panel, its appointments illegal

KOLKATA: A committee appointed by the Calcutta High Court to probe irregularities in school recruitment has found the five-member panel set up by the education department to oversee the appointments “not valid under the law” and has blamed the panel members for the illegal appointments in Group D posts.

The Times of India · Apr 11, 2022

Calcutta HC sets aside speaker’s ruling on Mukul plea

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Monday set aside Bengal assembly speaker Biman Banerjee’s ruling that Krishnanagar Uttar representative and Public Accounts Committee chairman Mukul Roy was a BJP MLA. The court set a four-week time frame for the speaker to decide on Mukul’s disqualification as member/chairman of PAC.

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