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SC upholds HC verdict to set aside re-appointment of Calcutta University VC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Calcutta High Court verdict setting aside the re-appointment of Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee as vice-chancellor of the Calcutta University. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said the impugned high court order is correct in law and facts and does not require interference. It said the State cannot have done away with the clause requiring approval of the the West Bengal governor, who is the chancellor of the university. On September 13, the Calcutta High Court set aside the reappointment of Banerjee as vice-chancellor of the Calcutta University, holding that the West Bengal government has no authority to do so as per provisions of the varsity's Act. Passing the verdict on a PIL by an alumnus of the university challenging the reappointment of Banerjee, the high court had held that the government order dated August 27, 2021, issued by a special secretary cannot be sustained. It had ordered that the state had no authority to appoint o

Calcutta HC rejects dearness allowance review petition filed by Bengal govt

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected a review petition of West Bengal government to reconsider an earlier judgement of the bench to clear dearness allowance (DA) arrears within three months. The bench comprising justices Harish Tandon and Rabindranath Samanta rejected the state government's petition to review its May 20 order. Upholding an order of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), the Calcutta High Court had in May directed the West Bengal government to release dearness DA arrears since July 2009, when the Revision of Pay and Allowances (ROPA) came into effect in the state, within three months. The state government had filed a writ petition in the high court challenging the SAT order of July 2019 that directed it to pay DA at par with the Centre, and to clear the amount in three instalments. The division bench on Thursday also fixed November 9 as the date of hearing of a contempt petition filed by the associations of state government employees, .

Calcutta High Court seeks govt report over violence in BJP's protest march

The High Court further directed the Police not to illegally detain any person and also ensure that there is no damage to public property

HC dismisses reappointment of Sonali Chakrabarti as Calcutta University V-C

Daughter of the late legendary Bengal poet, Nirendranath Chakrabarti, Sonali Chakrabarti Banerjee, is wife of Alapan Banerjee, former West Bengal Chief Secretary

Calcutta HC gives govt conditional approval for grants to Puja committees

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court gave conditional approval to the West Bengal government to offer donations worth Rs 60,000 crore to 43,000 community Durga Puja committees in the state

WB SSC scam: HC asks for TET certificate of Anubrata Mondal's daughter

Calcutta High Court ordered West Bengal TMC leader Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya Mandal to produce her Teacher Eligibility Test certificate before the court

WB post-poll violence: Calcutta HC cancels anticipatory bail for 13 accused

CBI had filed a a supplementary charge sheet in the Court of Baruipur additional chief judicial magistrate against 17 accused who were given anticipatory bail by District and Sessions Judge, Alipore

Calcutta HC rejects bail plea of 13 accused in post-poll violence case

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the bail plea of 13 persons accused in the violence that took place in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district

Ensure Covid norms are followed during Martyrs' Day rally: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that the West Bengal government's Health and Family Welfare department guidelines be followed while holding the Martyrs' Day rally by the ruling TMC

Ashoke Kumar Chakraborty named additional solicitor general for Calcutta HC

Veteran counsel Ashoke Kumar Chakraborty has been appointed as the Additional Solicitor General for the Calcutta High Court, it was announced on Saturday, to expedite pending cases

Successive adverse court rulings leave Mamata fuming against petitioners

Mamata asked the petitioners to withdraw their petitions to enable the state government to re-start the process of teachers' recruitment to make room for them

No untoward incident in last 2 days; 218 held for violence: WB govt to HC

The West Bengal government submitted a report before the Calcutta High Court, stating that there has been no untoward incident in the last two days during protests over remarks against Prophet

Call central forces if police fail to control situation: HC to Bengal govt

Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the state authorities to call in central forces if the local police fail to control the situation in any place

Probe 'illegal' appointments of primary teachers in Bengal: Cal HC to CBI

The Calcutta HC directed the CBI to look into the appointments of 269 primary school teachers in state government-sponsored and -aided schools over allegations that they did not pass the eligibility t

Calcutta HC upholds state govt's Metro Dairy stake sale to Keventer

Court dismisses plea alleging opacity in deal, rejects call for CBI probe

TMC's Abhishek lashes out at '1% of judiciary' for ordering CBI probes

Addressing a rally in Haldia in Purba Medinipur district, Banerjee said he has avenged the "harassment" by central agencies by inducting two BJP MPs into the TMC.

234,539 cases pending in Calcutta High Court, 41% of judge 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

Congress leader P Chidambaram heckled by party workers outside Calcutta HC

Lawyers representing West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in a case against the Trinamool Congress-led state government were seen protesting and showing black flags to Chidambaram

Committee to look into displacement in WB post-poll violence announced

The committee will inquire into the rights of the displaced persons for rehabilitation and to return to their place of abode and place of work

Calcutta HC orders transfer of probe into Birbhum explosions to NIA

Among the scheduled offences which can be investigated by NIA are those under the Explosive Substances Act