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.
A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, granted conditional bail to the suspended youth Trinamul Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in January 2023 in connection with the cash-for-school job case.
The petitioner Bijoy Kumar Singhal, who has filed the PIL in the court urged that the mystery behind the death of Dr Bhattacharya should be unearthed by the CBI.
Two of the three associations of counsel, namely the Calcutta High Court Bar Association and the Calcutta High Court Bar Library Club, have opposed the suggestion to curtail that festival vacation by seven days.
Bus operators in the city are heaving a sigh of relief after the Calcutta High Court directed the state to reconsider the age limit for phasing out of private and minibuses.
With the West Bengal Transport Minister, Snehasish Chakraborty, announcing, in end-September, the virtual closure of trams, Kolkata’s heritage transport system is now facing an existential crisis.
