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Kolkata, Jul 4 (PTI) Questioning the delay in the completion of the investigation by the CBI in a 2021 post-poll murder of a man in Kolkata, a special court on Friday directed issuance of summons to 18 accused persons to be present before it on the next hearing on July 18. The special CBI court judge at Bichar Bhavan here directed that the 18 persons, including ruling Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Pal and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) councillor Swapan Samaddar be present before it on tha ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 4 (PTI) Former TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen on Friday moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking permission to file a petition challenging the West Bengal Medical Council's decision to suspend his registration as a doctor for two years. Justice Amrita Sinha granted permission to Sen to file the petition and said that the matter will come up for hearing on Monday. Council president Sudipto Roy had said Sen was suspended for allegedly making unsubstantiated claims about possessing a f ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court is set to welcome four new judges, as the Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the names of four experienced advocates for elevation to the bench. If approved by the central government, the total number of judges in the Telangana High Court will rise to 33, including the Chief Justice. The four advocates recommended for appointment as judges of the Telangana High Court are: These appointments will fill part of the existing nine vacancies, with four ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) has almost completed the Rs 132.49 crore phase 1 of the Tajbagh renovation and beautification project and is now awaiting Rs 95.87 crore to start phase 2 of the project. Under the first phase, NMRDA strengthened and beautified the main dargah, constructed a shopping complex, a choti dargah, shops, and other structures, including marble flooring. According to NMRDA sources, Phase 1 of the project received Rs 132.49 crore adminis ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bengal govt to put under lock and key union rooms of all state colleges and universities. The HC also asked the state to pass an order so that no student is permitted to enter the union room without the written permission of the registrar or another competent person. The union room of the south Kolkata college where a student was raped on June 25, however, would only be accessible to the investigating agency until further order, the HC said.T ...Read More >
Kolkata: After the Calcutta High Court ordered the higher education department to keep student union rooms closed across colleges and universities, some felt it was a 'good riddance' while others expressed concerns about the closure order, especially since college elections were suspended for the past seven years.In the recent past, maintaining control over union rooms and student activities triggered numerous clashes across campuses. From organising Saraswati Puja at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri La ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered that Students' Union rooms in colleges and universities across the state should remain closed till student body polls. The division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das has ordered the Higher Education Department to issue a notice to close the Students' Union rooms of all colleges and universities. The authorities should keep the room locked. The rooms cannot be used for any kind of recreation. "If there is an urgent need to open ...Read More >
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state to not take any step against Padma Shri awardee Kartik Maharaj, who is facing rape allegations, until it hears the case.Justice Jay Sengupta's directive came as the accused moved court seeking protection after he was served a police summons.Kartik Maharaj's counsel pleaded for an in camera hearing. The state, however, held that it could be an open one. Justice Sengupta will make a decision on this matter at the next hearing on July 7. ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Higher Education Department to ensure that the union rooms, also often referred to as common rooms, in all colleges and universities in the state remain locked till the time the students' union elections in those institutes were conducted and the results declared. A division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das gave this order on a petition seeking to draw the attention of the court that u ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 3 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it will consider a prayer for 'in-camera' hearing of a petition by monk Kartik Maharaj, seeking quashing of an FIR against him alleging rape. Swami Pradiptananda, who is popular as Kartik Maharaj and a recipient of the Padma Shri award this year, has denied the allegation made by a woman, who claimed in the police complaint that the incident occurred in 2013. Upon a verbal prayer made by the monk's lawyer, Justice Jay Sengupta start ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Government to file a status report on the progress of investigation into the alleged gang rape incident of a female student within the South Calcutta Law College premises at Kasba on June 25. A division bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De said that the Government must submit the status report of investigation in the form of an affidavit and also produce the case diary of the investigation before the Court on ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 3: Cricketer Mohammed Shami's estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, has said that Calcutta High Court directions to the Indian pacer to pay her and daughter a monthly alimony of Rs 4 lakh as maintenance is a "victory" for her after "a long battle". Calcutta High Court has directed Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to pay his estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, and daughter a monthly alimony of Rs 4 lakh as maintenance. Jahan will have to be paid Rs 1.50 lakh per month, while the daughter will get Rs 2.50 ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 3 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Paresh Pal and two city councillors, among 18 accused in its supplementary chargesheet in a case related to the death of BJP leader Avijit Sarkar, a resident of Sitala Tala Lane, Kolkata who was killed in post-poll violence. According to a statement from the agency, the supplementary chargesheet was filed on June 30 before the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate ...Read More >
Kolkata: Sealdah trial judge Anirban Das, who sent the RG Kar rape-murder accused to life behind bars, sentenced a 45-year-old to death on Wednesday for murdering and robbing an elderly Chitpore couple 10 years ago. The judge ordered that Sanjay Sen, alias Bappa, "be hanged from the neck until dead" for murdering the couple -- both retired professors -- who trusted him and even paid for his marriage.The judge, on Jan 20, sentenced RG Kar rape-and-murder accused Sanjoy Roy to life behind bars and ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named one MLA and two Councillors, among the 18 additional accused, in its Supplementary Chargesheet in connection with Avijit Sarkar murder case, who was allegedly a victim of post-poll violence. The central agency has filed its second Supplementary Chargesheet in the Avijit Sarkar Murder Case against 18 additional accused persons before the ACJM court in Sealdah. The Court on June 30, 2025 took cognizance of the offences against all the ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kolkata Police's Detective Department (DD) on Wednesday took over the investigation into the rape of a law student within her college premises at Kasba in south Kolkata last week. The investigation was initiated by local Kasba police station, whose personnel also arrested the three prime accused in the case within 24 hours from the time of lodging of a complaint by the victim, soon after the crime was committed on the evening of June 25. Later, a special in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Congress MP Imran Masood on Wednesday slammed the Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sukanta Majumdar over his criticism of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in connection with the alleged gang rape of a law student in Kolkata. Imran Masood termed the incident 'tragic' but questioned the BJP's silence on similar incidents in states governed by them, asserting that there was 'no point' in politicising such sensitive matters. 'It is a tr ...Read More >
Kolkata: Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami suffered a huge legal setback on Tuesday (July 1) as Calcutta High Court directed him to pay Rs 4 lakh alimony monthly to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan and daughter. Jahan had moved to High Court, challenging the district sessions court's order directing the pace bowler to pay Rs 50,000 to his wife and Rs 80,000 to her daughter in 2023. Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee passed the order on Tuesday asking Shami to pay Rs 1.5 lakh to his wife and Rs 2.5 lakh t ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court directed Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to pay his estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, and daughter a monthly alimony of Rs 4 lakh as maintenance during the ongoing legal battle with his spouse. Jahan had moved the high court against a district sessions court's order directing the cricketer to pay Rs 50,000 to his wife and Rs 80,000 to her daughter in 2023. "In my considered opinion, a sum of Rs 1,50,000 per month to the petitioner no.1 (wife) and Rs 2,50,000 to her daughter ...Read More >
July-2, 2025: India will aim to level the series when it faces England in the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham, starting Wednesday. However, the odds are heavily against the visitors, who have never won a Test at this venue in eight attempts. Also Read: IND vs ENG 2nd Test Dream11 Prediction: Probable Playing XI, Pitch Report & Fantasy Picks for Edgbaston Showdown This track record makes Edgbaston one of India's most challenging overseas venues. Also Read: Mohammed Shami Alimony Order: Ca ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 1.5 lakh per month interim maintenance to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan and a sum of Rs 2.5 lakh towards the care and expenses of their minor daughter. A Bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee was hearing an appeal filed by Hasin Jahan challenging a decision of the Alipore Sessions Judge who had directed Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 50 thousand per month to Hasin Jahan and Rs 80 thousand to their daughte ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 1.5 lakh per month interim maintenance to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan and a sum of Rs 2.5 lakh towards the care and expenses of their minor daughter. A Bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee was hearing an appeal filed by Hasin Jahan challenging a decision of the Alipore Sessions Judge who had directed Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 50 thousand per month to Hasin Jahan and Rs 80 t ...Read More >
Kolkata: Padma Shri awardee Swami Pradiptananda, known as Kartik Maharaj, on Tuesday moved Calcutta High Court seeking protection from coercive action in a rape complaint filed against him.The matter was mentioned before Justice Jay Sengupta and is likely to be heard on Wednesday.The development came after a legal notice was issued asking Kartik Maharaj to appear at Nabagram police station for questioning. Beldanga police station cops delivered the notice, summoning him on July 1, to Bharat Seva ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, attached to the Murshidabad unit of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, who had been accused by a woman recently of allegedly raping her for six months in 2013 and forcing her to abort her baby, on Tuesday, approached a single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court seeking cancellation of the FIR registered against him in the matter. The single-judge Bench of Justice Jay Sengupta has admitted the petition. The matter is expected ...Read More >
The Calcutta High Court has directed the CBI to investigate the 2019 deaths of three BJP workers in Sandeshkhali. This order focuses on the killings of Pradip Mondal, Debdas Mondal, and Sukanta Mondal. Sheikh Shahjahan, a Trinamool Congress leader, is a key accused. He is already in custody for assaulting ED officials.The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in connection with the killing of three BJP workers in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali in 2019. ...Read More >
Kolkata Gangrape Case: Fresh details have emerged in the alleged gangrape case of a law college student in Kolkata's Kasba. IANS reported, citing investigating officials, that the accused, Monojit Mishra (31), reportedly targeted the victim in a pre-planned manner. Meanwhile, the two other accused, Zaib Ahmed (19) and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), actively facilitated the crime. The Kolkata Police, on Saturday, had announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), with an Assistant Com ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) A PIL was filed before the Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged gang rape of a law student in her college by an alumnus and two other classmates. The petitioner prayed for direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to hold a preliminary inquiry into the incident as complained of by the alleged survivor and file an interim report before the court. Claiming that the main accused Manojit Mishra has close proximity with the ru ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court Monday granted permission to three advocates to file separate PILs over the alleged gang rape of a law student in her college. They are seeking an investigation under the supervision of the court and steps to ensure security in colleges across West Bengal. Drawing attention of a division bench presided by Justice Soumen Sen, the three advocates sought permission of the court to file separate PILs over the alleged gang rape of the law student. The ...Read More >
Kolkata: Attending a programme at Panihati in North 24 Parganas, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday had condemned the rape incident in college. The Union Education Minister also lamented the decline of Bengal's legacy in education and culture during Trinamool Congress (TMC) regime. "The culprits will be tried in the people's court of Bengal. They must be thrown out only then peace will return in Bengal. This is not just a matter of CBI probe. Mamata didi was once a student l ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 29 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari led a rally on Sunday in protest against the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of a state-run law college in the city demanding security for every daughter across West Bengal. Similar rallies were also taken out by the Congress, CPI(M) and civil society members in the city and its outskirts. Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and other party activists walked a distance of less than one km demanding pro ...Read More >
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