Calcutta High Court

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Calcutta HC: Make ED party in PIL to probe 19 TMC leaders' assets

Shameek Bhattacharya pointed out that the TMC cannot call it a conspiracy of the Centre since the directive came from the judiciary

08 Aug 2022 11:30 PM

Birbhum killings: HC orders CBI probe in TMC leader's murder

The high court had earlier ordered a CBI investigation into the killings of the nine people at Bogtui village

08 Apr 2022 12:44 PM

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Birbhum killings

The court directed an SIT formed by the West Bengal government to hand over case papers and accused persons arrested by it to the CBI

25 Mar 2022 12:14 PM

Trinamul Congress leader Anubrata Mondal (Twitter)

Calcutta HC gives TMC leader cover from arrest by CBI

Additional solicitor general SV Raju who appeared for the CBI however argued that Mr Mondal needs to be grilled in the case

04 Feb 2022 1:57 AM

The state government in one of the previous hearings had prayed for a similar step. — Facebook

Calcutta HC sets aside CBI probe order in SSC job scam

The HC division bench constituted a three-member inquiry panel which will be headed by a retired HC judge Ranjit Kumar Bag

07 Dec 2021 7:45 AM

SC set aside Calcutta HC order, says no to blanket ban on firecrackers

Court directed the West Bengal government to strengthen the checking of firecrackers coming from other states at the state’s entry point

02 Nov 2021 8:48 AM

The Calcutta High Court, after taking cognisance of an NHRC report on post-poll violence, handed over the probe to the CBI. (Photo: File | PTI)

Bengal post-poll violence: CBI files three more FIRs, total 31 cases registered

The saffron camp also claimed that many homes of party activists have been destroyed, and women raped in various parts of the state

31 Aug 2021 3:58 PM

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI)

Faizan Mustafa | The ‘recusal’ in Mamata’s case: Can a judge be truly impartial?

Justice Chanda initially had not agreed to recuse himself, saying that doing so would mean giving in to a media trial

09 Jul 2021 12:15 AM

Justice Chanda had on June 24 reserved order on Banerjee's application that the judge recuses himself from hearing her election petition apprehending bias on his part. (PTI)

Judge recuses self from hearing Nandigram poll plea, Mamata fined Rs 5 lakh

Justice Chanda directed that the amount be deposited to the Bar Council of West Bengal within two weeks

07 Jul 2021 1:02 PM

A five-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court was hearing the Narada case. (Photo: Facebook)

Narada case: Calcutta HC allows affidavits of Mamata Banerjee, Moloy Ghatak

The Calcutta High Court on June 9 had refused to accept the reply-affidavits of Banerjee

30 Jun 2021 1:44 PM

IPS officer SMH Mirza comes out after being produced by CBI officers in connection with Narada sting operation case, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Calcutta High Court orders house arrest of four leaders held in Narada case

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has pleaded for a stay on the execution of the order

21 May 2021 12:56 PM

Calcutta High Court upholds Durga Puja verdict but relaxes certain guidelines

the bench modifies its previous guidelines for the puja committees

21 Oct 2020 7:39 PM

An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli in Kolkata. PTI photo

AA Edit | Rein in festive cheer

Experts have been warning for quite some time about the festivals torpedoing the efforts to contain the pandemic

21 Oct 2020 9:54 AM

Durga puja is celebrated with a lot of zeal by Bengalis all over. (Photo: Instagram)

Calcutta High Court declares all West Bengal Durga Puja mandaps 'no entry zones'

A division bench of Justices Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee passed the order which will cover around 34,000 pujas

20 Oct 2020 11:55 AM

Calcutta HC junks Roy’s anticipatory bail petition

He was chargesheeted in the case alongwith Labhpur MLA Monirul Islam on December 4.

11 Dec 2019 2:40 AM

Previously, the CBI had given multiple notices to the 1989-batch officer to appear before it for questioning as a witness in the multi-crore chit fund scam. He, however, did not appear before the CBI and sought more time on every occasion. (Photo: File)

Calcutta HC grants anticipatory bail to Rajeev Kumar in Saradha chit fund case

The Calcutta High Court said that this was not an appropriate case for custodial interrogation.

01 Oct 2019 12:23 PM

The Saradha group of companies has allegedly duped lakhs of people to the tune of Rs 2500 crore, promising higher rates of return on their investments. (Photo: PTI)

Saradha fund scam: Special CBI team returns to Delhi as Rajeev Kumar still untraceable

Last week, he moved the Calcutta High Court, which is currently hearing his pre-arrest bail plea.

27 Sep 2019 4:53 PM

Kumar's lawyer earlier submitted that the petition was listed at 'serial number 271' before the bench and prayed for an urgent hearing of the matter. (Photo: File)

Saradha scam: Ex top cop Rajeev Kumar claims CBI 'hounding' him, seeks pre-arrest bail

The division bench then fixed Kumar's anticipatory bail plea, which was filed on Monday, for hearing on Wednesday.

24 Sep 2019 4:05 PM

Kumar was was asked to appear before the agency at 10 am on Saturday after the Calcutta High Court withdrew protection from arrest granted to him in the case. (Photo: File | PTI)

CBI summons Kolkata ex-top cop Rajiv Kumar to appear at 2 pm today

Kumar was part of a special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the state government to probe the Saradha scam.

16 Sep 2019 11:34 AM

Kumar was part of a special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the state government to probe the scam before the Supreme Court transferred it to the CBI. (Photo: File)

Saradha scam: Kolkata ex-top cop asks for more time via mail, skips CBI investigation

However, sources claim that the CBI is not contemplating any immediate coercive action.

14 Sep 2019 8:30 PM

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