The Supreme Court has ruled that a court cannot exercise the power of contempt in an arbitrary manner as such proceedings should be initiated to ensure its order is complied with and "not to necessarily proceed against persons as if they are petty criminals."
The minister urged the doctors to rejoin work by respecting the Supreme Court's direction to them, but refrained from giving a direct reply on whether the state government would take any punitive action for violating the apex court's order.
The Calcutta high court on Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a progress report within four weeks on the disappearance of Nicole Tamang, the prime accused in the murder of Gorkha leader Madan Tamang.The CBI informed the court that it has already taken up investigation into Nicole's disappearance.All India Gorkha League chief Tamang was murdered in Darjeeling on May 21 last year.
A second post-mortem of an IIT Kharagpur student whose body was exhumed for examination has indicated that his death was possibly due to an injury on the back of his head.
When there are two wills produced before the court, which one will be executed?
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice to the airline and the central government seeking their replies within a week on PNB's plea.
Observing that law and order was a "state subject", a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra stayed the Calcutta high court order restraining the Centre from relocating the paramilitary forces from the state's strife-torn districts and asked the state government to respond to the Centre's appeal within a week.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday held that computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman's death in September last was a suicide and not murder.
Terming the rape and murder case of a medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as horrific, the Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the West Bengal government over delay in filing first information report (FIR) in the matter.
Rizwanur Rehman's family on Thursday moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging the West Bengal government-appointed inquiry commission headed by a retired judge to look into the youth's mysterious death. With the high court already ordering a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation, there is no point in continuing with the Justice (retired) Aloke Chakraborty Commission of Inquiry, the petitioners -- Rehman's mother Keshwar Jahan and his elder brother Rukbanur -- said
Accompanied by her husband, Nusrat wearing a white and red pat saree and mask offered Anjali (flowers) on the auspicious Maha Ashtami day at the Suruchi Sangha pandal in New Alipore.
Claiming Banerjee has been made aware that Justice Kausik Chanda, who is hearing her plea, was 'an active member of the Bharatiya Janata Party' and since the adjudication of the election petition will have political ramifications, it was prayed that the matter be assigned to another judge by the Acting Chief Justice, who is the master of roster.
The protest continued even as the Supreme Court intervened in the matter and constituted a 10-member National Task Force to formulate a protocol for ensuring the safety and security of doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Auto financiers, which had tightened lending norms in the face of rising defaults last year, may loosen their fists in the wake of the Calcutta high court's order of Wednesday, reaffirming the lender's right to seize vehicles if customers stop repaying loans.
The two East Bengal footballers were arrested for providing shelter to an alleged anti-social element.
Last week, a panel of judges headed by the Chief Justice of India ordered that Karnan be transferred to the Calcutta high court. The junior judge reacted that he would fight the order and asked the Chief Justice of India to "not interfere" with his jurisdiction, and also stayed his own transfer order.
The transfer plea related to a libel suit filed by a Canadian woman Gwendolyn Berger, whose name figured in the investigations conducted by the authorities after the magazine claimed that the deal was shady.
The Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed CFSL Delhi to immediately collect necessary materials for forensic examination at Bogtui village in Bengal's Birbhum district, where at least eight people were charred to death in the suspected fallout of a TMC panchayat official's murder.
The West Bengal government objected to the inclusion of the Leader of the Opposition in the committee.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a chargesheet against all seven accused in the Rizwanur Rehman death case.
According to the agency, several of the attached properties were registered in the name of shell companies and persons acting as proxies for Chatterjee.
The American author alleges the serial is a plagiarised version of her novel 'A Woman of Substance'.
The former BCCI chief claimed the Board had taken a beating in three cases against him.
Mallya said he was being advised by lawyer Harish Salve.
The Calcutta high court Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to requisition central forces for assisting the state police in maintaining peace during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted life to two death convicts in the 2002 American Center attack case in Kolkata with a rider that the mastermind will remain behind the bars till death and the other will spend at least 30 years in jail without remission.
Markets regulator Sebi on Friday said it has lined up as many as 69 properties of Saradha Group of Companies for an auction on November 1 at a reserve price of Rs 30 crore. The move is part of Sebi's efforts to recover money raised by the company from public through illicit schemes. In a notice, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said the auction will be conducted between 11 am to 1 pm on November 1, 2022.
One was nabbed from the West Bengal-Jharkhand boundary in Birbhum, one from Rampurhat and the third from Malda district on Tuesday night, a police officer said.
The CBI during its probe got inputs of a large cache of arms hidden in Sandeshkhali. On Friday morning, a CBI team started a search operation during which the arms, including foreign-made pistols, were seized, the officials said.
The court directed the State Election Commission, the state government and the central government to file affidavits dealing with all the allegations made in three petitions alleging malpractices.
The apex court also forthwith restrained him from undertaking judicial and administrative work.
Justice Karnan said the eight judges have "jointly committed the offences punishable under the SC/ST Atrocities Act of 1989 and amended Act of 2015.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will conduct a psychological assessment of Sanjay Roy, the accused in a rape-and-murder case of a doctor in Kolkata that has triggered nationwide protests, officials said on Saturday.
Observing that there are "definite and proved" allegations that complaints of the victims of violence in the aftermath of the West Bengal assembly polls were not even registered, the Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into all alleged cases of heinous crimes like rape and murder, while accepting the recommendations of a National Human Rights Commission panel.
The Calcutta high court, in an interim order, on Thursday allowed mother Sagarika Bhattacharya to take custody of her two children, who were entrusted to the care of their uncle by a Norway court.
For the first time in its history, the Rajya Sabha has turned into a courtroom to hear the impeachment proceedings of Calcutta High Court Justice Soumitra Sen. Sen has been accused of misconduct and misappropriation of large sums of money which he received in his capacity as receiver before his elevation to the high court. In an impassioned speech, Sen had on Wednesday defended himself and replied to the charges made against him.
Chief Secretary A K Deb said that the government was yet to decide on compensation to the families of the dead and injured in the police firing.
