'Judicial orders must give reasons when denying further probe'

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Judicial orders must contain reasons when dismissing a request for further investigation, the Calcutta High Court held while setting aside an Alipore magistrate's refusal to allow... Read More

Freezing assets only interim step, not forfeiture: Cal HC in NDPS case

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Freezing assets is a preliminary step and not a final forfeiture, the Calcutta High Court observed while refusing to stay the seizure of properties alleged to be linked to narcoti... Read More

HC upholds state's refusal to release 1993 Bowbazar blast convict

Kolkata, Sept. 22 -- Calcutta High Court has overturned a single-judge order that had directed the premature release of life convict Md Khalid in the 1993 Bowbazar blast case, holding that the state's... Read More

Behind festive magic, Kolkata's machinery at work

New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- You can smell Puja in the air. Shiuli blossoms line the pavements, bright banners stretch across crossings, and the skeletons of pandals rise like giant puzzles waiting to be co... Read More

Expert opinion must before summoning doctors: HC in medical negligence case

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a magistrate cannot rely on lay assessment in cases of alleged medical negligence and must first obtain an impartial medical opinion. Justi... Read More

High Court: Borrowers not parties to pvt treaty agreements

Kolkata, Sept. 19 -- Clarifying an apparent grey area in SARFAESI law, the Calcutta High Court has ruled that borrowers need not be party to a private-treaty sale agreement under Rule 8(8), holding th... Read More

Bengal releases 45 life convicts

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that 45 life convicts, each of whom has completed more than 14 years in prison, are being released by the state government, ... Read More

High Court commutes death sentence to life in double murder

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld convictions in a double-homicide but spared the convict from the gallows, commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment with no remission un... Read More

Entire bank account needn't be frozen in cyber crime: High Court

Kolkata, Sept. 17 -- The Calcutta High Court has stressed that freezing an entire bank account in cyber fraud cases may not always be necessary, observing that authorities should explore less intrusiv... Read More

'Husband's unemployment no excuse to deny maintenance'

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a husband cannot escape his duty to maintain his wife by claiming joblessness, observing that an able-bodied man is presumed capable of earn... Read More

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