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Calcutta High Court | Appeal for Custodial Death Compensation Dismissed | Compensation Under 2019 Scheme Arises Only After Conclusive Finding of Unnatural Death

Calcutta High Court | Appeal for Custodial Death Compensation Dismissed | Compensation Under 2019 Scheme Arises Only After Conclusive Finding of Unnatural Death

Safiya Malik   The High Court of Calcutta Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi dismissed an appeal challenging the refusal of compensation for an alleged custodial death. The Court upheld the decision of the Single Judge that compensation cannot be summarily directed at the stage when charge-sheets have only been submitted, without exhausting the statutory process of law. The Bench further record...

Calcutta High Court | Amendment of Written Statement in Commercial Suit Permissible | Defendant Allowed to Add Pleas and Documents Except Suppression Allegation

Calcutta High Court | Amendment of Written Statement in Commercial Suit Permissible | Defendant Allowed to Add Pleas and Documents Except Suppression Allegation

Isabella Mariam   The High Court at Calcutta Commercial Division Single Bench of Justice Krishna Rao permitted the amendment of a written statement filed by the defendant in a commercial suit. The Court recorded that while certain proposed amendments lacked bona fides, the overall plea for amendment was permissible under the liberal standards applicable to defence pleadings. It directed that the written statement may be amended as...

Calcutta High Court | Divisional Patent Applications Under Section 16 Patents Act Must Be Examined Independently | Deputy Controller’s Rejection Set Aside

Calcutta High Court | Divisional Patent Applications Under Section 16 Patents Act Must Be Examined Independently | Deputy Controller’s Rejection Set Aside

Safiya Malik     The High Court of Calcutta Single Bench of Justice Krishna Rao set aside the order of the Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs rejecting a divisional patent application. The Court directed that the matter be remanded to a competent authority other than the officer who issued the impugned order. The Court held that the divisional application was maintainable under Sectio...

Calcutta High Court | Petition Under Article 227 Against DRAT Kolkata Dismissed | Territorial Jurisdiction Lies With High Court Where Original DRT Is Situated

Calcutta High Court | Petition Under Article 227 Against DRAT Kolkata Dismissed | Territorial Jurisdiction Lies With High Court Where Original DRT Is Situated

Isabella Mariam   The High Court of Calcutta Single Bench of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya held that an application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India cannot be entertained when it seeks to challenge an order passed by the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal located within the territorial limits of this Court, if such order arose out of proceedings from a Debts Recovery Tribunal situated beyond its jurisdiction. The Cour...

Calcutta High Court | Section 94 BNSS Upheld As Valid Power To Call For Documents | Court Declines To Quash Notice In Scholarship Records Investigation

Calcutta High Court | Section 94 BNSS Upheld As Valid Power To Call For Documents | Court Declines To Quash Notice In Scholarship Records Investigation

Sanchayita Lahkar   The High Court at Calcutta, Single Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, on September 3, 2025, dismissed a writ petition challenging a notice issued under Section 94 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. The Court held that the investigating officer was justified in seeking production of documents during the course of investigation and declined to interfere with the statutory powers exercised. The...

Calcutta High Court | PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Fraudulent Grant of SC/ST Certificates Over Last 15 Years Dismissed | Statutory Remedy Under 1994 Act and 1995 Rules to Be Pursued

Calcutta High Court | PIL Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Fraudulent Grant of SC/ST Certificates Over Last 15 Years Dismissed | Statutory Remedy Under 1994 Act and 1995 Rules to Be Pursued

Sanchayita Lahkar   The High Court at Calcutta, Division Bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Smita Das De, dismissed a public interest litigation seeking cancellation of caste certificates and a central investigation into their alleged fraudulent issuance. The Court held that the petitioners had a statutory remedy under the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994, and the related Rules of 19...

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