Calcutta High Court revokes TMC leader Jahangir Khan’s interim protection from arrest
The summer vacation bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen of the Calcutta High Court did not extend his protection again.
The summer vacation bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen of the Calcutta High Court did not extend his protection again.
The Calcutta High Court’s observations on Bengal’s Eid-related cattle slaughter restrictions triggered a sharp political clash involving BJP, TMC and Left leaders.
The probe will be headed by an officer in the rank of Joint Director of the central probe agency.
In a letter dated May 14, 2026, the BCI directed the West Bengal Bar Council to submit comprehensive records within two days.
One of the PILs was moved by advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, who questioned alleged demolition drives near New Market in Kolkata using bulldozers after the poll outcome was announced.
The Supreme Court also accepted the observation of the Calcutta High Court that the entire panel had to be cancelled because of the failure on the part of the state government and the commission to segregate the "genuine" candidates from the "tainted" ones.
The new public interest litigations that will be filed at the Calcutta High Court in future will now be heard by the division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das.
On a politically charged Wednesday, while Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari held a counter-programme in Contai, former BJP state president Dilip Ghosh took a divergent path by honouring an invitation from the state government and visiting the newly-inaugurated Jagannath temple in Digha.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday permitted Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, to hold a rally of "Sanatani" Hindus in East Midnapore district on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya.
The matter, as scheduled, came up for hearing at Calcutta High Court’s division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Shabbar Rashidi on Monday afternoon.
