Tag: Calcutta High Court

CBI tracks down fugitive in 2014 Kolkata disappearance case to Surat

April 14, 2026 admin

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday (April 13, 2026) arrested a person wanted in connection with a case of two Kolkata residents missing since July 2014. Absconding since then, the accused was tracked down to Surat in Gujarat. The “notorious criminal” has…

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Kolkata Rape-Murder Victim’s Parents In High Court, Say Probe “Compromised”

December 24, 2024 admin

Kolkata: The parents of the 31-year-old doctor, who was raped and murdered on duty at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, have approached Calcutta High Court, flagging concerns in the CBI’s investigation and seeking the court’s intervention in the case that shook the nation. The single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said the matter…

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High Court On Petition By BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

November 6, 2024 admin

The Kolkata Police had said an attempt was being made to create a false narrative. Kolkata: Hearing a petition by West Bengal’s Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on an alleged attack by “radicals” during a Kali Puja procession in Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to file a report…

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Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere In Centre’s Decision To Rename Port Blair

September 28, 2024 admin

Port Blair: The Calcutta High Court’s Port Blair circuit bench has refused to interfere in the government’s decision to change the name of the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, saying it is the prerogative of the executive. On September 13, the central government renamed Port Blair to Sri Vijaya Puram. Hearing a petition challenging…

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High Court On Vandalism At Kolkata Hospital

August 16, 2024 admin

Kolkata: An “absolute failure of state machinery” led to the vandalism at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Calcutta High Court said this morning, as it warned the Bengal government it would order the medical facility to be closed if state police could not protect it. The High Court directed the…

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Kolkata Doctor Rape Murder, RG Kar Medical College And Hospital: Kolkata Doctor’s Rape-Murder Probe To Be Transferred To CBI: High Court

August 13, 2024 admin

Kolkata: The probe into the chilling rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital must be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Calcutta High Court ruled today. The court noted serious lapses in the hospital administration’s response after the doctor was found dead in its…

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Mamata Banerjee Can Make Any Comment Against Governor Within Laws: Calcutta High Court

July 26, 2024 admin

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is free to make any statement concerning Governor C V Ananda Bose, not crossing the contours of freedom of speech and public duty. “Otherwise, the appellants run the risk of being exposed to a claim for heavy damages and other retaliatory actions,”…

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Calcutta High Court To Hear Bengal Governor’s Defamation Suit Against Mamata Banerjee Today

July 3, 2024 admin

CV Ananda Bose filed a defamation case against Mamata Banerjee on June 28, Kolkata: A defamation suit filed by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to be taken up for hearing before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. Mr Bose filed a defamation case against Ms Banerjee…

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PM Modi On Calcutta High Court’s OBC Ruling

May 22, 2024 admin

“The Opposition have crossed every limit in their obsession with appeasement,” PM Modi said New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called the Calcutta High Court decision of striking down the OBC status granted to “77 classes” in West Bengal since 2010 a “tight slap” to the opposition and alleged that the INDIA bloc’s…

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