The NHRC report states that the situation in Bengal is manifestation of 'Law of Ruler', not 'Rule of Law'. It recommends that probe for murder & rape be handed over to the CBI.
Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya says the power of assignment of matters 'cannot be exercised at the whims of the RG (Registrar General) or even the Acting Chief Justice'.
Banerjee has moved the high court claiming that the judge assigned to hear her petition against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari may not get her justice due to his alleged BJP links.
The plea sought a recall of the order passed over PILs alleging displacement of people, physical assault, destruction of property and ransacking of businesses after Bengal polls.
The high court also directed the 4 TMC leaders — ministers Subrata Mukherjee & Firhad Hakim, MLA Madan Mitra and ex-mayor Sovan Chatterjee — to furnish bail bonds of Rs 2 lakh each.
The division bench judges disagreed over vacating a stay given by them on bail granted by a special CBI court to Subrata Mukherjee, Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee.
A division bench is hearing a CBI application to transfer the jailed TMC leaders' bail applications from the Special CBI Court to the High Court citing unprecedented mob pressures.
The high court Monday night stayed the lower court's decision to grant bail to the four leaders, arrested and charge-sheeted by the CBI in the Narada sting case.
Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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