TMC’s Jahangir Khan moves Calcutta HC, seeks protection from arrest days after CM Suvendu Adhikari’s ‘Pushpa’ remark

TMC’s Jahangir Khan moves Calcutta HC, seeks protection from arrest days after CM Suvendu Adhikari’s ‘Pushpa’ remark

Suvendu Adhikari; Jahangir Khan NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan on Monday moved the Calcutta high court seeking protection from any coercive action by the West Bengal Police, alleging that criminal cases were being repeatedly filed against him.The plea came two days after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari warned that he would personally handle…

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Video: Mamata Banerjee in lawyer’s gown faces sloganeering at Calcutta high court during post-poll violence case hearing | India News – The Times of India

Video: Mamata Banerjee in lawyer’s gown faces sloganeering at Calcutta high court during post-poll violence case hearing | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced heavy sloganeering at the Calcutta high court on Thursday when she appeared as counsel in a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning alleged post-poll violence following the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state.Dressed in a traditional black advocate’s jacket and white collar-band over her signature white…

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Ex-judge quits SIR tribunal, says it will take 4 years to clear appeals | India News – The Times of India

Ex-judge quits SIR tribunal, says it will take 4 years to clear appeals | India News – The Times of India

KOLKATA: Calcutta HC’s former chief justice TS Sivagnanam resigned from an SIR tribunal in Bengal on Thursday. He cited personal reasons in his resignation letter to Calcutta HC CJ Sujoy Paul and Election Commission, reports Debashis Konar. After clearing 1,777 appeals over 22 days and rejecting none, Justice Sivagnanam said at its present pace, the…

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Bengal polls: Calcutta HC cautions EC on preventive detentions | India News – The Times of India

Bengal polls: Calcutta HC cautions EC on preventive detentions | India News – The Times of India

Kolkata: The Calcutta HC cautioned EC against preventive detention and arrests ahead before Wednesday’s final phase of polling in Bengal, underscoring that any curbs on the fundamental right to liberty must follow due process.Disposing of a writ petition over pre-poll detentions of Trinamool workers, a bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Partha Sarathi Sen said…

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‘Why only professors, put judges too on election duty’: HC slams EC | India News – The Times of India

‘Why only professors, put judges too on election duty’: HC slams EC | India News – The Times of India

Panel Draws Fire For Failure To Present Notification On Poll Officers Kolkata: Calcutta HC judge, Justice Krishna Rao, on Thursday slammed the Election Commission for not producing notifications indicating if assistant professors could be appointed as presiding polling officers in assembly elections. “You (EC) can appoint judges also under Section 26 (of the Representation of…

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Supreme Court asks Bengal’s top bureaucrat to apologise over siege of SIR officers in Malda | India News – The Times of India

Supreme Court asks Bengal’s top bureaucrat to apologise over siege of SIR officers in Malda | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the West Bengal chief secretary for “not taking calls of Calcutta high court chief justice” over the Malda incident and asked him to apologise.Taking strong exception to the attack on judicial officers adjudicating objections to voter list exclusions in West Bengal’s Malda district, the Supreme Court…

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