KOLKATA: Around 200 non-teaching employees of state schools, demanding reinstatement of their jobs, demonstrated outside West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu’s residence here for a brief period on Saturday. They are among the people who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court order on April 3. The apex court upheld an earlier verdict of the…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday, suspending an earlier order by a West Bengal trial court convicting and sentencing an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, observed that an attempt grope the breasts of a victim can only support the charge of “aggravated sexual assault” and not “attempt to…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court has asked FMCG giant HUL to remove ‘Glow & Handsome’ products from the shelves within a month’s time. The HC order comes following a petition from Emami about trademark infringement four years ago.The Emami prayer sought a decree of perpetual injunction restraining HUL to advertise or sell Glow & Handsome…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Thursday slammed the Bengal government while hearing the Sandeshkhali violence case. Calling the case ‘extremely shameful, if true’ the court pulled up the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led government, saying safety of citizens falls entirely within their ‘responsibility.’Sandeshkhali, located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, has become a…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court observed on Wednesday that it may entirely or partially scrap the entire panel of teachers shortlisted by the Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) if the recruitment scam was proved.If the entire panel is scrapped, it could affect over 10,000 candidates shortlisted for the job of teachers between 2014 and 2016, when…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay resigned on Tuesday and announced his intention to join BJP on Thursday, stating that he had been in touch with the party for a week and would be with them “for now”, regardless of whether he receives a ticket to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections or not.Gangopadhyay…
Shahjahan Sheikh: Former Trinamool Congress leader suspended for six years (File). Kolkata: The Bengal government has refused to hand over custody of Sheikh Shahjahan – the former Trinamool strongman accused of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali – to the CBI despite a Calcutta High Court order Tuesday to the police’s criminal…
New Delhi: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay – who made headlines in April last year, after an interview in which he discussed a bribery case he was hearing at the time – has stepped down as a judge of the Calcutta High Court. Mr Gangopadhyay said he had already conveyed his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and…
Sheikh Shahjahan has been remanded in police custody for 10 days Kolkata: A lawyer representing Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan was in for some tough talk by the Calcutta High Court today. A bench led by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam turned down the advocate’s request to raise a bail plea and said it has “no sympathy”…
Kiren Rijiju said there is no law and order in West Bengal (File photo) South 24 Parganas (West Bengal): In response to Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s allegations on Sunday that the state police is not able to arrest Sandeshkhali prime accused, Sheikh Shahjahan due to legal complications, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that…
