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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicCalcutta High Court

Topic: Calcutta High Court

Calcutta HC directs authorities to strictly enforce EC ban on rallies on 2 May

A restriction of a maximum of two persons has been placed on the winning party for collecting the certificate, the commission told the division bench.

‘Want to raise surrogate child’, says man who moved HC seeking custody of dead son’s sperm

On 19 January, the court dismissed man's plea seeking to collect the preserved sperm of the dead son. The judge said only the deceased's wife has the right over it.

Father doesn’t have ‘fundamental right’ to dead son’s sperm — What Calcutta HC ruling says

Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya dismisses man's plea seeking custody of his deceased son's sperm, & notes that deceased's wife is the only living person with any right to it. Read full judgement here.

Only widow has right to husband’s sperm, says Calcutta High Court

Dismissing a man's plea seeking to collect the frozen sperm of dead son, the HC said the person doesn't have any 'fundamental right' to it merely by the fact of being his father.

No one can interfere if an adult marries, converts as per her choice, says Calcutta HC

The court was hearing a petition filed by the father of a 19-year-old woman, who he claimed had been unduly influenced by a man of a different religion.

Important to proceed against ‘uniformed criminals’, Calcutta HC orders probe against cop

The Calcutta HC made the observation while directing West Bengal's DGP to institute an inquiry against an investigating officer in a case of forged cheque.

Girl trafficked to Bengal from Odisha at 13 years of age awarded Rs 9 lakh as compensation

The girl, now 17, has been awarded compensation by a district legal services authority in Bengal. Amount of Rs 9 lakh is believed to be highest in the state.

SC refuses to interfere with Calcutta HC cracker ban, says preserving life more important

The top court, hearing a plea by a firecracker maker, said it is a time when preservation of life is more important and the high court knows what is needed at ground level.

Calcutta High Court bans use and sale of firecrackers on Kali Puja

The ban will be in force during Jagaddhatri Puja, Chhath and Kartik Puja. Moreover, the guidelines issued during Durga Puja on pandal entry will also be in effect during Kali Puja.

Calcutta HC now allows drummers at pandals, increases audience limit to 60 for big pujas

Hearing an appeal, the court ordered the number of people who can stay inside the marquees be increased from 25 to 60 for big Pujas but retained it at 15 for small ones.

On Camera

Hyderabad is no longer the better Bengaluru. Our roads are flooding and full of traffic

I wonder how the current government thinks it can talk about building ‘Future City’ in Hyderabad when even the present city itself is barely functioning.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.