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TopicCalcutta High Court

Topic: Calcutta High Court

In a first, Calcutta HC allows live-streaming of hearing on YouTube

Calcutta HC allows live-streaming of a case in which a Parsi woman has challenged community's norms restricting children of those who married outside the community entry into the fire temple.  

Modi govt sits on appointment of son of ex-SC judge who found Godhra train fire ‘accidental’

Amitesh Banerjee is the son of U.C. Banerjee, a former Supreme Court judge whose report on Godhra train fire, that killed 58 karsevaks, ruled out foul play.

Railways suffered Rs 84 crore worth property damage in anti-CAA and NRC protests in Bengal

The Railway went to the Calcutta High Court regarding huge losses incurred between December 13-14 in protests related violence in West Bengal.

HC sets aside Trinamool’s Bhatpara civic body win, says no-trust motion illegally convened

Calcutta HC Justice Arindam Sinha declares meeting called for holding no-confidence motion — passed by margin of 19-0 in 35-member municipality — null & void.

Calcutta High Court directs Mamata govt to suspend media campaigns on citizenship law

The Calcutta High Court sought a response from the West Bengal government on claims that the campaigns were carried out using public funds.

After CBI row, Modi & Mamata govts spar over Calcutta High Court bench in north Bengal

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court last week, at an event with no West Bengal government representative.

Calcutta High Court declines an immediate hearing on West Bengal govt’s plea on CBI

Justice Shivakant Prasad refused to give the matter an immediate hearing and listed it for Tuesday.

In the Supreme Court today, a busy day for the collegium

ThePrint looks at the decisions taken by the top court collegium on elevation of judges in six high courts.

Remembering WC Bonnerjee, the first president of Indian National Congress

An advocate of the Swadeshi movement, Bonnerjee remains one of the youngest presidents of the Congress.

Calcutta High Court quashes order allowing BJP ‘rath yatra’ in Bengal

The Calcutta High Court was hearing an appeal moved by the West Bengal government challenging a single bench's order allowing the BJP's 'Rath Yatra'. Kolkata: The...

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As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.