HC lays middle path for rural poll

Tuesday 14 May '13

A DIVISION Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered holding of the panchayat elections in the state in three phases and said that the entire process should be completed by July 15.

Jolt to govt as high court orders 3-phase rural polls

Saturday 11 May '13

z Poll commission''s primacy upheld

HC orders 3-phase rural polls in Bengal

Saturday 11 May '13

Says primacy of state poll panel non-negotiable

Need more women judges: Pranab

Monday 6 May '13

President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday expressed concern over the number of women judges in the higher courts.

Legal experts question police decision of not filing FIR based on Sen''s 18-page letter

Sunday 5 May '13

POLICE probing the collapse of Saradha Group, which allegedly duped small investors, should have lodged an FIR on the basis of the 18-page letter that the CMD of the group, Sudipta Sen, sent to the Ce...

Calcutta HC admits PIL on protection of surrogate mothers

Sunday 10 March '13

A PIL was moved in the Calcutta High Court on the issue of surrogate mothers and export of children produced by in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) popularly known as test tube baby to abroad.

'Fate'' saved woman, killed one son and left another on brink

Thursday 28 February '13

A cruel twist of fate changed Esaron Bibi''s life today. She lost her elder son to the fire on Surya Sen Street.

'Fate'' saved woman, killed her son, left another fighting for life

Thursday 28 February '13

A few hours before the fire started, Esaron Bibi, who used to sleep in Surya Sen market, had rushed to be with her ailing husband. Her two sons stayed back.

Seven Bangaladeshi minors waiting for deportation

Sunday 17 February '13

Seven Bangladeshi minors have been languishing in a welfare home at Baharampur in Murshidabad district where they were shifted from jail when their term got over.

Mitra quits as AG, replaced by ex-chief of TMC legal cell

Saturday 9 February '13

The West Bengal government''s Advocate General Anindya Mitra resigned today.

TMC MP moves petition against 'rivalry in state govt''

Tuesday 5 February '13

Moving a petition against the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and the state government, Trinamool Congress MP and advocate Kalyan Banerjee today said that rivalry or disputes between...

Govt interested to bid for Dunlop

Saturday 2 February '13

HC said firm sold assets worth Rs 2,300 crore in a fraudulent manner.

Judges change, years pass by and stay in Rizwanur trial remains

Monday 28 January '13

In 20 months, plea challenging filing of chargesheet has been heard by five HC judges, but none could conclude.

Kidneys 'stolen'' by doctors: HC orders DNA test of body

Saturday 19 January '13

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered DNA test to determine whether the kidneys inside the body of a woman lying in a morgue of a Kolkata hospital are hers.

To avoid Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary checkmate, govt flip-flops

Thursday 17 January '13

Within less than two weeks, the state government made a U-turn on its decision not to challenge the Calcutta High Court''s order scrapping the land acquisition in central Kolkata to build a station fo...

Norway custody row: HC sends children to mother

Friday 11 January '13

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday returned the custody of the two children back to their mother, Sagarika Chakrabarty, after imposing a few conditions

HC returns Norway kids to mother

Friday 11 January '13

Custody row Court imposes conditions

'Frustrated'' CBI waits for govt nod to prosecute cops

Thursday 27 December '12

With the government nod yet to come, the agency has failed to file a chargesheet.

HC furious as 320 foreigners spend extra years in jails

Friday 7 December '12

There are 320 foreigners who are languishing in jails across West Bengal even after serving their conviction terms.

CID publishes photo of 'missing'' Biman

Sunday 11 November '12

Bhattacharjee went missing on June 9, 1992

In bits, police diaries get converted to bytes

Wednesday 31 October '12

The Criminal Investigation Department of West Bengal Police has decided to digitise police diaries of old and important cases using a sophisticated information storage system to avoid the hazards of u...

Suvaprasanna rejects NUJS post offered by govt

Tuesday 25 September '12

Row Legal community had objected to an artist nominated for law institute council.

Legal tangles halt hearing of key CBI cases

Wednesday 12 September '12

For nearly a year, court hearings in some of the crucial cases being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation have not moved an inch.

Year after impeachment proceedings, former judge Sen turns lawyer again

Sunday 9 September '12

"Time is the best healer. Gradually, I have come to terms with life as a retired judge, albeit, early in my life," said former Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen as he starts to prepare to work as...

CBI sought govt nod to prosecute CID officer for escape of Tamang''s 'killer''

Tuesday 28 August '12

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the murder of Gorkha leader Madan Tamang, had sought state government''s nod to prosecute former Investigating Officer of the CID, A S Pahar...