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

West Bengal's illegal migrant procedure faces a legal gap

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- West Bengal's handling of suspected illegal foreign nationals faces an apparent legal gap, with the new immigration regime providing for detection, restriction and deportation whi... Read More

HC directs KMC to reconsider Kasba telecom tower demand

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- The Calcutta High Court has asked the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to reconsider a demand raised against a mobile infrastructure company over a telecom tower in Kasba, in l... Read More

Can't claim OBC benefit on post cut-off certificate: Calcutta HC

Kolkata, Sept. 22 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that a candidate cannot claim OBC reservation on the basis of a certificate issued after the cut-off date prescribed in a recruitment advertisemen... Read More

CAG flags Rs 1869 cr KMC property tax 'mismatch'

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- A Rs 1869.43 crore mismatch in KMC's property tax balances has been flagged by the CAG, which also found a two-year pendency in the civic body's internal audit and said its Munici... Read More

Cal HC: Basic facts must be proved in POCSO cases

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that the presumption under the POCSO Act cannot automatically operate against an accused unless the prosecution first proves the basic facts of ... Read More

Over 37 lakh SIR appeals pending before WB SIR tribunal, EC tells SC

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- More than 37 lakh appeals arising from West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls remain pending before appellate tribunals, highlighting the scale of the l... Read More

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