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Activist seeks High Court stay on Bengal's ‘anti-goonda’ law, calls it oppressive

July 13, 2026 5:06 pm

The law, which empowers the government to detain a person for an year without trial if necessary to prevent future anti-social activity, took effect on Monday.

Child has right to both parents' love despite matrimonial fight: Calcutta High Court

July 13, 2026 1:51 pm

The Calcutta High Court noted that a trial court had earlier rejected the father's plea for enhanced visitation rights to his 16-year-old daughter.

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‘Selling berths like vegetables’: Calcutta High Court pulls up TTEs in train murder case

July 13, 2026 2:08 pm

The Calcutta High court was hearing an appeal filed by the accused persons challenging a July 2017 trial court judgment that had sentenced them to seven years' imprisonment.

Supreme Court rejects West Bengal madrasa teachers' plea for regularisation, benefits

July 13, 2026 1:16 pm

In 2020, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission Act, which stripped local madrasa managing committees of their power to appoint teachers independently.

West Bengal Police freezes 12 more TMC accounts, Rs 1,000 crore locked

July 11, 2026 2:49 pm

The move comes a day after the Calcutta High Court permitted the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC to partially operate three HDFC accounts with an alleged corpus of Rs 440 crore.

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32 lakh cases pending: Why court foresees 21 years of wait at Bengal tribunals

July 11, 2026 7:04 am

On Wednesday, the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court observed that at this rate it would take 21 years for the tribunals to clear the cases.

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‘Live insect’ in baby formula: Court drops case against Ex-Mead Johnson India MD

July 10, 2026 5:26 pm

The Calcutta High Court has held that food safety violations must be prosecuted under the FSS Act, not the IPC.

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Calcutta High Court allows Mamata Banerjee-led TMC to partially operate its bank accounts

July 10, 2026 1:44 am

While HC’s order came on a plea against last month’s police action, ED on Wednesday froze the same three accounts, citing money-laundering probe

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How Mamata’s Trinamool won back partial control of frozen Rs 440 crore

July 09, 2026 6:33 pm

The Calcutta High Court permitted limited operation of frozen party accounts, appointed a special officer, and questioned the police over the freeze.

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Man denied teaching post after selection, court backs college’s refusal over FB activity

July 08, 2026 2:26 pm

The West Bengal College Service Commission had recommended the appointment of the petitioner to the post of assistant professor but the college refused it, citing his social media posts against the Ramakrishna Mission.