E-governance: State to fully digitise primary teacher recruitments

Kolkata, Oct. 6 -- In a bid to ensure complete transparency, speed and accountability, the Bengal government plans to fully digitise recruitment drives conducted by the West Bengal Board of Primary Ed... Read More

Written undertaking not to torture wife confirms cruelty: High Court

Kolkata, Oct. 6 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that written undertakings executed by a husband promising not to torture his wife serve as strong corroboration of cruelty under Section 498A of the... Read More

State govt plans ANPR camera surveillance network in Sector V

Kolkata, Oct. 5 -- In a bid to strengthen surveillance and improve traffic management in the city's IT hub, the state government is set to launch an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) project i... Read More

HC mandates child custody affidavit, sets new norms for infants & toddlers

Kolkata, Oct. 5 -- The Calcutta High Court has directed that every parent seeking custody or visitation rights must now file a sworn child custody affidavit along with their pleadings, disclosing esse... Read More

Bengal prisons top nation in foreign prisoners: NCRB data

Kolkata, Oct. 3 -- Prisons in West Bengal are grappling with one of the sharpest overcrowding crises in the country, according to the latest 'Prison Statistics India 2023' released by the National Cri... Read More

HC: Weapon recovery valid without paperwork in 2009 Birbhum murder

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentences of four men convicted of murdering a farmer in Birbhum, ruling that weapons recovered at the accused's instance can be accept... Read More

Dying declaration valid sans doctor's fitness note, says HC

Kolkata, Sept. 25 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that the absence of a doctor's written certificate declaring a patient fit to make a statement does not by itself invalidate a dying declaration,... Read More

'Judicial orders must give reasons when denying further probe'

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Judicial orders must contain reasons when dismissing a request for further investigation, the Calcutta High Court held while setting aside an Alipore magistrate's refusal to allow... Read More

Freezing assets only interim step, not forfeiture: Cal HC in NDPS case

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Freezing assets is a preliminary step and not a final forfeiture, the Calcutta High Court observed while refusing to stay the seizure of properties alleged to be linked to narcoti... Read More

HC upholds state's refusal to release 1993 Bowbazar blast convict

Kolkata, Sept. 22 -- Calcutta High Court has overturned a single-judge order that had directed the premature release of life convict Md Khalid in the 1993 Bowbazar blast case, holding that the state's... Read More

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