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A Calcutta High Court Division Bench found SIT interrogations insufficient and directed all collected materials to be placed before it in a sealed cover on the next date.
Justice Krishna Rao held that the UGC Fee Refund Policy 2024-25 entitled the petitioner to a full refund, and that withholding original degree certificates to enforce a disputed bond debt is void as against public policy.
The Calcutta High Court quashed an attachment order against a woman not named in any FIR, holding that mandatory notice under Section 107(2) and (3) of the BNSS was never served on her.
Dismissing a 2004 criminal appeal, Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das upheld the conviction under Section 376 IPC and directed the State Legal Services Authority to facilitate compensation for the victim.
Justice Krishna Rao declined to restrain the Speaker-recognised Leader of Opposition, finding no prima facie case where 58 AITC MLAs personally appeared before the Speaker and the petitioner's resolution was under police investigation.
The Calcutta High Court held that Order 23 Rule 1 CPC does not prevent disciplinary authorities from issuing a fresh charge memo after withdrawing a procedurally defective one before the Tribunal.
The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri held that a post-mortem report constitutes conclusive expert evidence on age, overturning a tribunal's presumption-based finding that slashed compensation by two-thirds.
Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury affirmed negligent parking liability for a stationary truck on NH-6 and enhanced compensation for a housewife killed in the 2022 accident that wiped out most of a family.
A Vacation Bench of the Calcutta High Court declined to restrain the Kolkata Municipal Corporation notice that postponed its 54th meeting, directing both sides to file affidavits on whether the meeting was validly conducted on 22 May 2026.
The High Court of Sikkim held that a Commercial Court cannot decide a Section 34 challenge to an arbitral award without first calling for the arbitral tribunal's records.
Justice Kausik Chanda held that a Chief Judicial Magistrate acted wholly without jurisdiction when it directed handing over keys of a disputed Kolkata flat under the Police Act, 1861.
Justice Suvra Ghosh held that once the CBI exonerated Louis Dreyfus in the predicate offence, the Enforcement Directorate could not sustain a standalone money-laundering case on the same transactions.
