Interim injunction on appointment of primary teachers in Bengal

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:55

Calcutta High Court granted interim injunction on appointment of primary teachers, who are yet to receive appointment letters, in West Bengal on allegation of irregularities by section of applicants.

HC directs IPS officer Damayanti to probe Madhyamgram gang-rape

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 15:52

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed that IPS officer Damayanti Sen, who had solved the sensational Park Street gangrape case, would investigate the alleged murder of a gang-rape victim at Madhyamgram

Special Calcutta HC bench to take up Netaji case

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 18:57

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered constitution of a special bench to take up a petition demanding declassification of secret documents on the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Do not insist on RTI applicants to provide address: Centre

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 09:17

Government departments should not insist on seeking address of an RTI applicant if a post box number is being provided to them for communication, the Centre has said.

Acquitted by court, condemned by sons

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 20:54

She spent 13 precious years of her life behind bars on being convicted of conspiring to kill her husband before the Calcutta High Court acquitted her. But on Thursday, just a day after her acquittal, Aparajita Bose found her sons condemning her.

Saradha scam: Sen wants special court to hear all cases against him

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 17:24

Saradha group chairman Sudipta Sen, prime accused in the multi-crore chitfund scam, on Wednesday prayed before the Calcutta High Court that a special court be formed to try all cases filed against him, claiming he was ill and overstressed since his arrest in April this year.

Court office vandalised by arrested college teacher`s son

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 20:57

The general record office of the chief judicial magistrate`s court was vandalised and the staff beaten up by a college teacher`s son.

Singer Manna Dey files case against nephew

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 00:22

Manna Dey filed a case in the Calcutta High Court Monday, pleading for police action against his nephew Tarit De.

Allowance for Imams and Muezzins unconstitutional: HC

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 18:07

Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected an allowance announced by West Bengal government for Imams and Muezzins, ruling it to be unconstitutional and against the public interest.

Bangladeshi woman gets back her five-year-old jailed son

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 23:54

A Bangladeshi woman, who approached the Calcutta High Court for the release of her five-year-old son from a local jail where he was lodged along with his father, on Wednesday reunited with him nearly after six months.

Court asks GJM why it should not pay for shutdown

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 15:46

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the GJM why it should not be made to pay compensation for infringing the fundamental rights of the people.

Calcutta HC directs expeditious hearing of Kamduni trial

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 17:52

Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the lower court where the trial in the gang-rape and murder of a college girl student was being held to complete the hearing as expeditiously as possible.