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

Behind festive magic, Kolkata's machinery at work

New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- You can smell Puja in the air. Shiuli blossoms line the pavements, bright banners stretch across crossings, and the skeletons of pandals rise like giant puzzles waiting to be co... Read More

Expert opinion must before summoning doctors: HC in medical negligence case

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that a magistrate cannot rely on lay assessment in cases of alleged medical negligence and must first obtain an impartial medical opinion. Justi... Read More

High Court: Borrowers not parties to pvt treaty agreements

Kolkata, Sept. 19 -- Clarifying an apparent grey area in SARFAESI law, the Calcutta High Court has ruled that borrowers need not be party to a private-treaty sale agreement under Rule 8(8), holding th... Read More

Bengal releases 45 life convicts

Kolkata, Sept. 18 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that 45 life convicts, each of whom has completed more than 14 years in prison, are being released by the state government, ... Read More

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