West Bengal Assembly Elections: Judicial officers will decide 60 lakh Bengal claims by April 7, 47.3L completed, says SC | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Contrary to West Bengal govt’s apprehensions that scrutiny of deleted voters’ claims for inclusion in voters’ lists would not be completed before filing of nominations for assembly elections later this month, Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Calcutta high court chief justice has informed that all 60 lakh-odd claims would be adjudicated […]

SC: Mamata government hell-bent on impeding Kolkata Metro project | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Mamata Banerjee govt for “obstinately pursuing an anti-development agenda and being hell-bent on impeding completion of the Kolkata Metro Orange Line” by refusing to arrange traffic diversions at the Chingrighata crossing since Dec last year to facilitate installation of segment blocks on the already-erected Metro rail […]

Jharkhand, Odisha judicial officers to be drafted to speed up Bengal SIR | India News

[ad_1] Representative image (File photo) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the Calcutta HC chief justice to requisition judicial officers from neighbouring Jharkhand and Odisha to help such officers in West Bengal in expeditiously scrutinising and determining validity of claims of voters falling under ‘logical discrepancy’ or ‘unmapped’ categories of the Special Intensive Revision […]

I-Pac raids drama in SC: ED alleges CM barged in, accuses her of theft; Mamata calls it a ‘blatant lie’ | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “disturbed” about commotion that occurred at Calcutta high court during hearing on disruption at Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on Trinamool-linked political consultancy I-PAC.Aftershocks of the showdown between ED and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over raids on I-PAC jolted Calcutta high court last week, prompting […]

Repatriate pregnant woman: Bangladesh court to Indian mission | India News

[ad_1] KOLKATA: Pregnant Bengal resident Sunali Khatun, disowned as an “illegal immigrant” in India and incarcerated in Bangladesh for unlawful entry after being identified as an Indian by her Aadhaar card, could be returning soon to where she and her unborn child belong.A judicial magistrate’s court in Bangladesh has asked the Indian high commission in […]

Calcutta High Court On Bengal Waqf Violence

[ad_1] Underlining that constitutional courts cannot be a mute spectator, the Calcutta High Court on Saturday ordered the deployment of Central forces in Bengal’s Murshidabad where anti-Waqf protests have resulted in the death of three people. Several vehicles, including police vans, were set on fire, stones were thrown at security forces, and roads were blocked […]

SC quashes Calcutta HC’s order for CBI probe into creation of supernumerary teacher posts | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a portion of the Calcutta high court‘s directive ordering a CBI probe into the West Bengal cabinet‘s decision to create supernumerary posts for school staff. However, it upheld the continuation of the CBI investigation into other aspects of the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching […]