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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicCalcutta High Court

Topic: Calcutta High Court

In farewell speech, Calcutta HC Judge Chitta Ranjan Dash says he ‘was, is RSS member’ — ‘ready to return’

Justice Dash says his association with RSS began in his childhood, it 'did not influence' his duties as a judge but helped him to be 'courageous, upright & patriotic'.

Former Calcutta HC Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP 2 days after resigning from court

Justice Gangopadhay was given a grand welcome at the BJP office in Salt Lake, as state party president Sukanta Majumdar handed him the party flag.

‘Shahjahan Sheikh to be arrested in 7 days’, says TMC after Calcutta HC refutes stay order claims

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had claimed Sunday that Shahjahan could not be arrested because of legal tangles and stay on FIRs filed by the police.

Amid row between 2 Calcutta HC benches, SC stays proceedings in Bengal fake caste certificates case

Case relates to fake papers being allegedly used to get medical admissions in Bengal. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had accused senior judge of favouring Mamata's TMC.

SC takes note of row between two benches of Calcutta HC, to hold special hearing

Row involves a single-judge bench of Abhijit Gangopadhyay and a division bench comprising Justice Uday Kumar and Justice Soumen Sen.  

Who is Abhijit Gangopadhyay, HC judge facing bar boycott for getting lawyer arrested from courtroom

The Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court has written to Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, asking for all judicial work to be withdrawn from Justice Gangopadhyay’s bench.

‘Delaying justice’: Calcutta HC Bar Association publicly opposes appointment of judges with short tenures

Protesting such a move in open court first time, association raised objections during oath-taking ceremony, referring to tenures of Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and M.V. Muralidaran.

‘Control sexual urges, protect your dignity’ — Calcutta HC tells young girls while hearing POCSO case

HC asked adolescent boys to 'respect' young girls while quashing an FIR against a youth convicted under POCSO. It also suggested consensual sexual acts among adolescents be decriminalised.

‘No live-streaming of raids’ — Calcutta HC issues guidelines for media and ED, says not a gag order

The Calcutta HC guidelines came in a plea filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira Banerjee after she was interrogated by ED in alleged ‘cash-for-jobs’ scam.

Love stories of British men & Indian women in colonial India have an unusual home—Calcutta HC

British men's Indian lovers were called Mary, Polly in their wills. Colonial court records show

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.