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Calcutta HC allows Bhabanipur by-election as scheduled, dismisses petition

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition on the by-election to the Bhabanipur assembly seat, ordering that polls will be held as scheduled on September 30

Bhabanipur bypoll case: Calcutta High Court allows EC to file affidavit

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the Election Commission to file an affidavit regarding the contents of the notification issued by it for the Bhabanipur bypoll

In legal fight with Lodha family, MP Birla firms set for showdown at AGMs

Punjab Produce Trading Co (PPTCL), a promoter entity, has proposed Satish Pradhan's name as a director in place of Harsh Vardhan Lodha, who is also in race in Birla Cable board

No coercive action against Suvendu Adhikari, says Calcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court on Monday not only stayed three of the five cases against him, but also told the police that no coercive action should be taken against Adhikari without the permission of the court

WB appoints 10 IPS officers to assist SIT probe into post-poll violence

The WB govt has appointed 10 IPS officers to assist a special investigating team (SIT) formed by the Calcutta HC to probe cases of post-poll violence in the state, a senior official said on Thursday

Bengal post-poll violence: CBI starts probe, registers nine cases so far

After the Calcutta High Court's order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in West Bengal violence, the agency has started the investigation and so far registered nine cases in the matter

Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe in WB's post-poll violence

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal

Calcutta HC orders parents to pay 50% of due schools fees to avoid action

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that at least 50 per cent of the due school fee of students will have to be paid by defaulting parents within three weeks

Nandigram: Calcutta HC admits Mamata's plea against Suvendu's election

Admitting West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's petition for hearing, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that notice be served upon Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari

Mamata's poll plea matter allocated to bench of Justice Sampa Sarkar

Earlier Justice Kausik Chanda had recused himself from the hearing of the petition filed by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over Nandigram poll results

Nandigram plea: Judge exits case, imposes Rs 5-lakh fine on Mamata

Releasing the election petition of Banerjee, Justice Chanda said that he was doing so in order to thwart at the outset attempts by trouble-mongers to keep the controversy alive.

Calcutta HC imposes fine of Rs 5 lakhs on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakhs on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for putting the judiciary in a bad light

Justice Kausik Chanda recuses himself from hearing Mamata's poll plea

Justice Kausik Chanda of Calcutta High Court Wednesday recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition challenging the election of Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram

Calcutta HC directs Bengal govt to provide security to Suvendu Adhikari

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal Government to provide security to Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari that was withdrawn by the state

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

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday allowed affidavits of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Moloy Ghatak in connection with the Narada scam case.The High Court posted the matter for the next hearing on July 15.A five-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court was hearing the Narada case.Banerjee on Monday had filed a fresh affidavit in Calcutta High Court in the Narada case as directed by the apex court.Earlier, the top court had asked Banerjee, Ghatak and the State government to approach the Calcutta High Court with their application to take on record their affidavits over allegations about their role on the day of the arrest of Trinamool Congress leaders by the CBI in the Narada scam case.The Calcutta High Court on June 9 had refused to accept the reply-affidavits of Banerjee.On June 9, the court, while hearing CBI's application for transfer of the Narada sting tape case from the special CBI court to the High Court, had said it will decide later on considering

WB Bar Council urges CJI to remove Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta HC

The Bar Council of West Bengal on Sunday wrote to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana seeking the removal of Justice Rajesh Bindal as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta

Calcutta HC to hear today Mamata Banerjee plea challenging Nandigram result

The Calcutta High Court will hear today the plea filed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging Nandigram election results.A bench of Justice Kausik Chanda will hear the case at 11 am.The Election Commission had declared BJP's Suvendu Adhikari the winner in the fiercely contested election for the Nandigram constituency.After her defeat in Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Returning Officer of the Assembly seat had said that he was threatened against recounting of votes.Despite Banerjee losing the seat to Adhikari, who was once her close aide, the TMC registered a landslide victory in polls winning 213 seats in the 294-member West Bengal assembly. While the BJP lost the polls but emerged as the second-largest party with 77 seats.The Trinamool Congress (TMC) even wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal seeking "immediate re-counting of votes and postal ballots" in the Nandigram constituency, but recounting was refused for reasons unknown."Such refusal is ..

Mamata Banerjee moves SC on filing of affidavits in Narada sting case

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court's denial for filing of affidavits

Post-poll violence in Bengal: HC refuses to stay order on NHRC panel probe

The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed the petition to recall or stay its order directing NHRC to constitute a committee for examining complaints of post-poll violence in West Bengal

Calcutta HC dismisses Bengal govt's plea, NHRC to probe post-poll violence

The Calcutta High Court dismissed West Bengal government's plea for recalling its order that directed NHRC to examine all cases of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in the state.