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Strict proof under Evidence Act not for disciplinary inquiry: HC

Kolkata, March 19 -- Observing that in a disciplinary proceeding the strict mode of proof prescribed by the Evidence Act shouldn't be applied with equal rigor, Calcutta High Court allowed release of a... Read More


High Court upholds life term of two for teacher's murder with parcel bomb

Kolkata, March 17 -- Observing that mere denial in answers doesn't explain away and discard the incriminating circumstances appearing from evidence, the Calcutta High Court upheld life sentences of tw... Read More


Gun-related crimes: State FSL to enhance forensic ballistics capability

Kolkata, March 16 -- In a bid to enhance its forensic capabilities in dealing with gun-related crimes, the state government is seeking to procure a 'Ballistics Data Management System' for the Forensic... Read More


PM-Awas Yojana houses can't defy existing building law: HC

Kolkata, March 16 -- During the hearing of a case relating to alleged illegal construction, the Calcutta High Court observed that houses made under Pradhan Mantri (PM) Awas Yojana can't be constructed... Read More


High Court upholds conviction of four accused in 1993 killing case

Kolkata, March 13 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of four accused persons for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in a case of 1993 where a man died of injuries resulting fr... Read More


Bengal CID to procure mobile X-Ray devices for IED detection

Kolkata, March 13 -- In a bid to augment its capability in tracing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), West Bengal, is seeking to procure eight compact por... Read More


High Court eases money recovery method for cyber fraud victims

Kolkata, March 12 -- In cyber fraud cases lodged with National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), Calcutta High Court has directed magistrates within its jurisdiction not to insist on FIR registrati... Read More


HC upholds father's conviction for 'repeatedly raping' minor girl

Kolkata, March 11 -- With DNA report proving that the accused was the father who repeatedly raped her minor daughter, making her pregnant with a girl-child, the Calcutta High Court upheld the convicti... Read More


'China's Star of Nanchang giant Ferris wheel soon in Howrah'

Kolkata, March 10 -- Kolkata is likely to soon see a giant Ferris wheel on the opposite bank of the Hooghly River, modelled on China's 'Star of Nanchang', as the Syamaprasad Mookerjee Port Kolkata is ... Read More


HC sets aside conviction in 1993 'cruelty death' case

Kolkata, March 10 -- In a 1993 case of suicide committed by a wife allegedly due to torture by in-laws, the Calcutta High Court set aside the trial court judgement that convicted the late husband and ... Read More