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TopicCalcutta High Court

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SC collegium extends tenure of 6 Calcutta HC judges for 3rd time, gives them 6 months to improve

The Supreme Court collegium has extended the tenure of six Calcutta HC judges for six months, after finding their judicial work and quality of judgments inadequate for permanent appointment.

Bengal SIR deletions are causing spillovers, from job prospects to overseas travel

SIR resulted in deletion of 90 lakh+ electors from Bengal’s electoral rolls. Most petitioners before HC are seeking early disposal of their cases by Appellate Tribunal.

WB trans lawyer, petititoner against Transgender Act, moves SC as govt portal reverts him to old identity

The 35-year-old had approached the top court last month to join a batch of petitions, challenging the 2026 Transgender Act, which does away with self-perceived gender identity provision.

From Maharashtra to Bengal, how India’s courts struggle to keep pace with political realities

TMC LoP dispute illustrates a recurring template: by the time courts determine if a political decision was lawful, the practical consequences of that decision may already have taken effect.

Rival TMC faction had ‘greatest numerical strength’: Calcutta HC refuses stay on Speaker’s LoP decision

However, HC did question Speaker’s decision during hearing of plea by Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, who was nominated for post by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee.

RG Kar case: HC orders SIT to look into irregularities & lapses in police probe revealed by CBI

SIT to be set up to address allegations from victim's parents on destruction of evidence, institutional cover-up & claims of multiple perpetrators as opposed to lone convict Sanjay Roy.

Mamata Banerjee treats visual politics like a contact sport. Her lawyer avatar is proof

After her election defeat, Mamata Didi seems to be reinventing herself again. And for her first role, she has chosen to be a courtroom protagonist. Because Didi without a fight has never really been Didi.

After Mamata’s HC appearance in lawyer robes, BCI seeks her enrolment records from Bengal Bar Council

The Calcutta High Court was hearing a PIL that sought a transfer of post-poll violence litigation to a larger five-judge bench. 

No public injury, no case: HC junks PIL against EC transfers of govt officials in poll-bound Bengal

Division bench ruled petitioner failed to show transfers would cause 'administrative collapse' — and had acknowledged EC's authority in its own petition.

Calcutta HC’s new address has link to old legacy—an Indian jurist’s name etched in Japan’s history

Calcutta High Court is now at Kolkata's Justice Radhabinod Pal Sarani. Japan has monuments dedicated to the Indian jurist, known for his powerful dissent in the 'Tokyo Trial'.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.