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Law

Several Muslim women not issued admit card for Bengal police recruitment exam because of their Hijab-clad photos, HC steps in: Details

OpIndia Staff - 25 November, 2021

The Calcutta High Court has stepped in after Muslim women moved the court for being denied admit cards for the Bengal police recruitment exams

Crime

Calcutta HC takes notice of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar’s murder: Read what Court said about the second autopsy, the police’s refusal and more

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2021

Calcutta High Court ordered Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal govt to hand over autopsy report and other sealed cover documents of Avijit Sarkar to CBI

News Reports

TMC MLA who is Bengal Bar Council chief accuses acting chief justice of Calcutta HC of bias, wants CJI to remove him

OpIndia Staff - 28 June, 2021

Justice Bindal was transferred to the Calcutta High Court in January this year and appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Court on April 28, 2021.

Law

Allegations of public money misuse: Calcutta HC orders Mamata govt to stop all anti-NRC, anti-CAA ads

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2019

Mamata Banerjee-led TMC had put up advertisements on various platforms claiming that they will not let CAA and NRC to be implemented in West Bengal.

News Reports

Saradha chit fund scam: Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar gets anticipatory bail by High Court

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2019

Fearing arrest by the CBI, Rajeev Kumar, who is accused of destroying evidence in the Saradha scam investigation has been on the run.

News Reports

Calcutta High Court questions Mamata government on doctors’ strike, directs to mediate and find solution

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2019

The Court had questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata on the steps taken against the accused of the NRS hospital attack and the steps taken to end the doctor's strike.

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