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Companies can face action for injunction breach: Cal HC

Kolkata, March 29 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that companies and other juristic entities can be proceeded against for violating court injunctions, rejecting the view that such action is limite... Read More


Midnight release of second SIR list; 37L cases disposed so far

Kolkata, March 27 -- At the stroke of midnight, the second supplementary voter list was published, with around 37 lakh cases under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) disposed of so far. The Electio... Read More


Calling CESC 'Tughlaqi company' defamatory: HC after 20yr legal battle

Kolkata, March 27 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that branding CESC Limited a "Tughlaqi company" and portraying it as a "mafia" indulging in "goondami" in a television programme amounted to defam... Read More


Former Mayor vs corporator: Jadavpur set for TMC-Left fight

Kolkata, March 27 -- With political sabre-rattling gathering pace ahead of the 2026 Bengal Assembly elections, the Jadavpur Assembly constituency - once a Left bastion - is bracing for a high-stakes c... Read More


Mother's candidature cause spread of RG Kar victim's photo

Kolkata, March 26 -- Despite an apparent legal bar, following Supreme Court judgments prohibiting disclosure of the identity of rape victims-especially those deceased or of unsound mind-the photograph... Read More


Can't discard valid disability certificate over fresh medical test: Cal HC

Kolkata, March 26 -- In a significant ruling protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, the Calcutta High Court has held that a valid disability certificate issued under law cannot be brushed... Read More


Calcutta High Court upholds life terms in 2015 Howrah train gangrape case

Kolkata, March 23 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentences of two men and a 10-year jail term for a third in a case involving the gangrape of a minor girl inside a movin... Read More


Family members can't hold on to tenancy indefinitely: Cal HC

Kolkata, March 22 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that tenancy rights inherited by family members are not perpetual, ordering the eviction of a man from a flat in south Kolkata after finding his ... Read More


Kolkata Port: From dockland gang turf to TMC citadel, a test of grip in 2026

Kolkata, March 22 -- In Kolkata Port, elections were once shaped as much by the shadowy world of docks, smuggling routes and gang rivalries as by party campaigns. Control of the port often meant contr... Read More


HC lays down guidelines on directing police probe

Kolkata, March 20 -- The Calcutta High Court has laid down strict guidelines for magistrates while ordering police investigations, holding that the inquiry required before directing a probe cannot be ... Read More