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Calcutta HC grants bail to French refugee arrested in border case

Kolkata, Oct. 12 -- The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to a French passport holder with refugee status in France, arrested in North 24 Parganas while allegedly crossing the India-Bangladesh bord... Read More


KMC reshuffle: DG Bldg removed, several senior posts changed

Kolkata, Oct. 7 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Tuesday carried out a major reshuffle of its senior administration, changing several key departmental assignments, including removing Ujjal Sark... Read More


HC bars mid-term change in doctors' bond service rules

Kolkata, Oct. 6 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that West Bengal cannot retrospectively apply a new reservation roster to doctors who began their three-year bond service under an earlier policy, s... Read More


Doctor can't invoke patients' cause to challenge hospital termination: HC

Kolkata, Oct. 4 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that an independent doctor cannot seek an injunction to continue providing professional services at a hospital, observing that such a contract canno... Read More


KMC rolls out fresh property tax waiver scheme ahead of Puja

Kolkata, Oct. 4 -- Ahead of Durga Puja, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has announced a fresh waiver scheme to encourage citizens to clear long-pending property tax dues by offering substantia... Read More


HC bars KMC from shutting New Mrkt hotel sans hearing

Kolkata, Oct. 1 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order suspending the certificate of enlistment of Hotel Emirates at New Market and directing closure of the business, holding that the petit... Read More


Blood product licence needs Central nod for tender: Cal HC

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- A renewed licence to manufacture blood products cannot be relied upon to qualify for a government tender while approval of the Central Licence Approving Authority remains pending,... Read More


Cal HC nixes KMC closure order against Ajanta Cinema Hall

Kolkata, Sept. 27 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside a Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) order directing the closure of Ajanta Cinema Hall, holding that the civic body should have served a sta... Read More


Arrest call for Gyanesh puts CEC immunity in focus

Kolkata, Sept. 25 -- Opposition demands for the arrest and removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have put the legal protection available to a serving CEC under scrutiny. Section 16 of ... Read More


Repoll on pre-SIR roll in Bengal? Oppn plea raises legal question

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Amid Opposition demands, including Mamata Banerjee's, for fresh Bengal polls using the pre-SIR roll, a legal question has emerged over whether it can be used while SIR deletion ap... Read More