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HC upholds life term in 1997 'Jamai Shasti' night murder

Kolkata, Aug. 31 -- Nearly 28 years after a young woman was brutally killed on the night of 'Jamai Shasti', the Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of her husband, ruling that the chain o... Read More


High Court acquits man convicted of parricide in 2012, cites evidence gap

Kolkata, Aug. 29 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of a Purulia man sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of his parents in 2012, holding that the prosecution had... Read More


High Court commutes death sentence in double murder case, acquits co-accused

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Md. Jahangir Sahaji for murdering his wife and minor son but commuted the death sentence awarded to him by a Barasat c... Read More


KMC allows existing rooftop restos to reopen with strict fire norms

Kolkata, Aug. 27 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Wednesday announced a standard operating procedure (SOP) for rooftop restaurants, allowing those that were shut down to reopen before Dur... Read More


UAPA can't be applied to localised violence, says Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Aug. 27 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) cannot be stretched to cover incidents of localised violence unless such act... Read More


High Court bars preventive detention on mere suspicion

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside the Union government's preventive detention order against a woman accused in multiple narcotics cases, stressing that such detention cannot be... Read More


Physical assault sans unlawful demand not cruelty: HC on 498A IPC

Kolkata, Aug. 25 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed a criminal case lodged by a woman against her husband and in-laws, emphasising that mere physical assault without any accompanying unlawful dema... Read More


Death alone not enough: High Court sets aside conviction over evidence flaws

Kolkata, Aug. 24 -- The Calcutta High Court has acquitted one Tushar Das, previously sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment for causing the death of Binoy Pramanick in 2008, following a viol... Read More


WBNUJS new criminology course to strengthen criminal forensics

Kolkata, Aug. 24 -- The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) has launched a two-year postgraduate programme, a first-of-its-kind, in Criminology and Criminal Justice Science,... Read More


Serious illness justifies bail: High Court in money laundering case

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- Observing that serious illness justifies bail, the Calcutta High Court has granted interim bail to a former chairman of UCO Bank, Subodh Kumar Goel, arrested by the Enforcement Dir... Read More