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NHRC acted like a ‘super Election Commission of India’ during Bengal elections: Supreme Court

The top court said the NHRC’s “intentions”, by taking suo motu cognisance of media reports about poll violence in West Bengal, may have been good, but the human rights body had no business kickstarting a “parallel” system of supervision and control over the panchayat elections.

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Supreme Court Collegium firm on transfer of 24 High Court judges

SC Collegium recommends 24 judges' transfers despite requests; some get different High Courts.

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Centre notifies appointment and elevations of several judges in different High Courts

The Central Government on Saturday notified the appointment and elevations of several Judges in Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Bombay Calcutta, Gauhati, Kerala and Chhatisgarh High Courts. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi: Centre notifies transfer of three judges of different HC

The Centre Government on Saturday notified the transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, Allahabad High Court to Kerala High Court, Justice Manoj Bajaj, Punjab and Haryana High Court to Allahabad High Court and Justice Gaurang Kanth, Delhi High Court to Calcutta High Court. Read further on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal polls: Congress demands deployment of more Central forces

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sought an increase in the number of phases, over which the panchayat polls will be held on July 8, from one to at least six.

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West Bengal panchayat elections | Calcutta HC directs State Election Commission to deploy more Central forces than in 2013

The Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) to deploy central forces not less than the forces deployed in the 2013 panchayat elections in the State.

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Bengal panchayat polls | SC refers to State’s ‘history of violence’ to confirm deployment of Central forces to secure July polls

The Supreme Court on June 20 dismissed petitions filed by the West Bengal Government and the State Election Commission against the Calcutta High Court order to requisition Central security forces for panchayat elections.

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WB poll body files report in Calcutta HC for extending panchayat poll nomination date

West Bengal State Election Commission has submitted a report before the Calcutta High Court suggesting an extension of the date for filing panchayat nominations to June 16. Read further on Dynamite News:

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School jobs scam | Supreme Court notice on Abhishek Banerjee plea against Calcutta HC order

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order, which imposed a cost of ₹25 lakh on Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee while dismissing his plea in connection with the school jobs scam case.

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Calcutta High Court directs NIA probe into Darivit firing of 2018

The firing had claimed the lives of two youths, Tapas Barman and Rajesh Sarkar.

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Calcutta HC directs second post-mortem of BJP worker killed at Moyna

The BJP worker was allegedly killed at Moyna in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday.

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Trinamool grappling with repeated Calcutta HC orders of probe by central agencies in West Bengal

The developments centering cases relating to West Bengal school job scam has brought the focus on the repeated directions by the Calcutta High Court ordering investigation by central agencies in scams, irregularities and incidents of violence in the State

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Abhijit Gangopadhyay: a judge who follows his own style in justice delivery

Justice Gangopadhyay is not only popular in political circles, recently posters hailing his Bengali pride were put up by citizen’s associations in different parts of Kolkata

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School job-for-bribe scam | Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court judge’s order

The Supreme Court on April 28 directed the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to reassign proceedings in the West Bengal school job-for-bribe scandal from Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to another High Court judge.

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Justice TS Sivagnanam appointed Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta HC

The Union Law Ministry on Thursday notified the appointment of Justice TS Sivagnanam as Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court with effect from March 31. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Justice Dipankar Datta Takes Oath As Supreme Court Judge

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta on Monday took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court. Read on for details:

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Expert committee formed for buffer zone study in Kerala

Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan to chair the panel

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SC Collegium Proposes Elevation Of Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Datta To Top Court

Justice Datta, who was a senior judge at the Calcutta High Court, was appointed as the Bombay High Court Chief Justice on April 28, 2020. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Collegium recommends Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Datta for elevation as Supreme Court judge

Justice Datta was elevated to the Bench of the Calcutta High Court as a permanent Judge on June 22, 2006

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A judge at the centre of political debate in Bengal

Will stand by orders in recruitment scam because ‘corruption has destroyed India’, says judge

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Calcutta High Court refuses to restrict ABP Ananda from airing interview of sitting judge

The Calcutta High Court has refused to restrict news channel ABP Ananda from airing an interview of a sitting judge of the High Court, Bar and Bench reported.

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West Bengal: Court relief for Mamata govt. in Durga puja donation case

According to the state government, a total grant of Rs 240 crore 16 lakh 80 thousand has been allocated for about 43,000 community Dura puja organising clubs in the city. Read more on Dynamite News

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Calcutta High Court allows West Bengal government’s grant to Durga puja committees

The Court, while emphasising that the stand of the State is that the disbursement of the fund is for “public purpose” said that grant should be strictly utilised for the purpose.

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Abhishek’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir appears before ED; Mamata says agency rule going on

“Agency rule is going on in the country. There is no development. We are in favour of traders and industrialists,” says TMC chief Mamata Banerjee

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Calcutta HC Division Bench upholds order for CBI probe in teacher recruitment scam

The Division Bench also directed that the probe would be monitored by the Single Bench.

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