Akhya Pandey The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence of Jagannath Barman, who was convicted of beheading a woman in 2018 on suspicion that she practised witchcraft. A division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Read more
Alok Singh On 17th July 2025, the Calcutta High Court acquitted three death row convicts, all of whom had been sentenced to death for the murder and dismemberment of the victim. The Division Bench comprising Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Read more
Shahin Akhtar The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal by the West Bengal government and the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (WBCSSC). The appeal challenged a single-judge order that barred candidates who had used fraudulent means to obtain Read more
Alok Singh On 19th June 2025, the Calcutta High Court (HC) held that Eden Gardens is not a “public place” as per the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. The bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Kausik Chanda heard the Read more
Shilpi Nama On 5th June, 2025, the Calcutta High Court granted interim bail to 22-year-old law student and influencer Shamishta Panoli, arrested over allegedly communal social media posts. Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury, while granting bail on a ₹10,000 bond, acknowledged Read more
Meenakshi Shukla The Calcutta High Court on June 5, 2025, granted interim bail to Sharmistha Panoli, a law student from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, who was arrested in connection with multiple FIRs alleging she made blasphemous remarks about the Prophet Read more
Pranav Shukla On November 26, the Calcutta High Court has designated 81 distinguished lawyers as Senior Advocates—the first such appointments in over eight years. The announcement, made on November 26, marks a significant milestone in the court’s history. The Registrar Read more
Rehan Khan The People’s Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking justice for the brutal rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate medical student at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The incident, Read more
Rehan Khan The Calcutta High Court has underscored the critical importance of enhancing capacity in the field of forensic science to ensure the effective implementation of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which emphasizes the use of forensic science in Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 18th June 2024, the Calcutta High Court mandated that the West Bengal government implement a one percent reservation for transgender individuals in all public sector jobs. Despite the state’s policy advocating equal employment opportunities for transgender persons, Read more