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Reducing a life sentence to seven years, the Calcutta High Court held Section 302 IPC not attracted where appellants intended only theft, while ordering a copy of its judgment to Eastern Railway's General Manager over TTE misconduct.
Justice Uday Kumar declined to quash a dowry and cruelty prosecution, ruling that matrimonial cruelty is a continuing offence and the Asansol court validly held jurisdiction.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court dismissed an intra-court appeal challenging joint settlement of an excise licence between two grandsons of the original deceased licensee, holding prior experience is not a criterion under Rule 14(6).
Calcutta High Court recalls its earlier writ orders reviving an expired scheme, holds Punjab National Bank solely liable for insurance policies never materialising due to non-submission of mandatory farmer particulars.
The Calcutta High Court dismissed an appeal against an eviction decree, holding that holding over created a fresh monthly tenancy validly terminated by a 2003 notice, and that a Commercial Courts objection raised post-decree was untenable.
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court upheld the husband's conviction under Section 304B IPC but reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years, while acquitting his parents for absence of substantive evidence against them.
The Calcutta High Court set aside a Railway Claims Tribunal dismissal, holding that a police seizure list recording recovery of a journey ticket from a deceased passenger's body was sufficient to establish an untoward incident under the Railways Act.
Petitioners could not show how they came to occupy CDLB and CPT quarters at Brook Lane, Garden Reach; Aadhaar cards alone held insufficient to establish possession.
The High Court at Calcutta held that SBI officers have no enforceable right to expense reimbursements, and withholding those reimbursements from officers who skip mandatory learning is not arbitrary.
The Calcutta High Court dismissed an intra-court appeal by West Bengal Transport Corporation, holding that financial stringency cannot be urged for the first time in a writ affidavit when the enquiry committee's own report found the deceased's family in need.
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.
