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High Court bars preventive detention on mere suspicion

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside the Union government's preventive detention order against a woman accused in multiple narcotics cases, stressing that such detention cannot be... Read More


Physical assault sans unlawful demand not cruelty: HC on 498A IPC

Kolkata, Aug. 25 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed a criminal case lodged by a woman against her husband and in-laws, emphasising that mere physical assault without any accompanying unlawful dema... Read More


Death alone not enough: High Court sets aside conviction over evidence flaws

Kolkata, Aug. 24 -- The Calcutta High Court has acquitted one Tushar Das, previously sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment for causing the death of Binoy Pramanick in 2008, following a viol... Read More


WBNUJS new criminology course to strengthen criminal forensics

Kolkata, Aug. 24 -- The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) has launched a two-year postgraduate programme, a first-of-its-kind, in Criminology and Criminal Justice Science,... Read More


Serious illness justifies bail: High Court in money laundering case

Kolkata, Aug. 22 -- Observing that serious illness justifies bail, the Calcutta High Court has granted interim bail to a former chairman of UCO Bank, Subodh Kumar Goel, arrested by the Enforcement Dir... Read More


HC commutes death penalty in toddler's murder

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of a woman and her partner for the murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old boy but commuted the death penalty awarded by a Howrah cour... Read More


Cal HC upholds man's life term for burning in-law alive

Kolkata, Aug. 20 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of Sabyasachi Roy, alias Rana Roy, for setting his sister-in-law Priya Laha on fire at her Bolpur residence in 2... Read More


Improving civic services: KMC sets 15-day limit for building sanctions

Kolkata, Aug. 19 -- In a bid to further improve civic services, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has introduced two measures-setting a strict 15-day deadline for clearing online building plan a... Read More


High Court upholds gunmen's conviction in 2012 Lake Town murder

Kolkata, Aug. 19 -- Thirteen years after a man was gunned down on a Lake Town street in Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of three men found guilty of the daylight killing. A... Read More


Calcutta HC acquits man in 2014 Malda murder, flags probe lapses

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court has overturned the conviction and life sentence of Ram Mandal, who had been found guilty of murdering Panchanan Mandal in Malda in 2014. The bench of Justi... Read More