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Trademark extends to product shape: Cal HC in 'Harpic' dispute

Kolkata, March 1 -- The Calcutta High Court has passed an ad interim order restraining Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. from selling its toilet cleaner "Godrej Spic" in a bottle found prima facie to be d... Read More


Drunken act sans intent not murder: HC frees man after 13 yrs

Kolkata, Feb. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside a murder conviction and life sentence imposed on a Murshidabad man, holding that the evidence on record did not establish intention to cause d... Read More


Scheduled Caste belts: State plans smart classrooms in 358 schools

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- For hundreds of students in Scheduled Caste-concentrated pockets of Bengal - many of them first-generation learners - the traditional blackboard may soon give way to interactive di... Read More


Victim's silence before doctors no ground for acquittal: Cal HC in child rape case

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of raping a nine-year-old, holding that a traumatised child's failure to name the accused before doctors doe... Read More


Cal HC upholds life sentence in 2013 Kali Puja murder

Kolkata, Feb. 23 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life imprisonment of three men convicted of murdering a local club president during Kali Puja celebrations in 2013, holding that repeated blo... Read More


HC seeks Centre's role to tackle illegal construction on Kolkata Wetlands

Kolkata, Feb. 23 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday criticised the state authorities for failing to remove 505 unauthorised constructions on the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) and directed that the Cen... Read More


Sector-VI ITA villages to get 2,270 new water connections

Kolkata, Feb. 22 -- In a significant push to strengthen urban infrastructure, the West Bengal government has initiated the process to provide 2,270 new household water connections in four villages und... Read More


Police can't be used to harass in-laws in marriage disputes, says Cal High Court

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- Observing that criminal proceedings in matrimonial disputes cannot be used as a means to pressurise a spouse, the Calcutta High Court has held that Section 498A of the Indian Penal... Read More


Killing in the heat of passion, not murder: Cal HC trims life terms

Kolkata, Feb. 19 -- Holding that a fatal assault arising out of a sudden family quarrel over the care of aged parents was not a premeditated act of murder, the Calcutta High Court has converted the co... Read More


KMC earns Rs 5.73 L from penalty on substandard food sale

Kolkata, Feb. 19 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) earned Rs 5,73,000 in penalties for the sale of substandard food in 2025-26, launching 87 cases against defaulting food business operators (... Read More