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Bengal panchayat polls | SC to hear plea against Calcutta HC order directing deployment of Central forces tomorrow

The Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court agreed to urgently hear on June 20 a plea by the West Bengal State Election Commission and State Government challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court directing the SEC to requisition and deploy Central forces across West Bengal for the panchayat elections.

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West Bengal State Election Commission moves SC challenging HC order for deployment of Central forces

The West Bengal State Election Commission moved Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing deployment of Central forces in State panchayat elections.

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IIT-Kharagpur student death: Calcutta HC sets up new investigation team

Faizan Ahmed, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student at IIT-Kharagpur, was found dead at the institute’s hostel on October 14.

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Field Central forces for Bengal panchayat polls: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has ordered that the West Bengal State Election Commission “should and shall requisition central forces to work in tandem with State police to ensure free and fair elections” to the panchayat in the State.

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WB poll body files report in Calcutta HC for extending panchayat poll nomination date

West Bengal State Election Commission has submitted a report before the Calcutta High Court suggesting an extension of the date for filing panchayat nominations to June 16. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Calcutta HC seeks response from SEC on concerns raised by Opposition for panchayat polls

The Calcutta High Court sought a response from the West Bengal State Election Commission on concerns raised by leaders of the Opposition parties for panchayat polls.

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HC seeks answers from Centre, State on failure to pay MGNREGA wages in West Bengal

The Calcutta High Court on June 6 asked the Union Government and the West Bengal Government to submit reports on the non-payment of wages to workers enrolled in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in the State.

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In Bengal, court orders dominate politics

The Calcutta High Court has become a ground for political muscle-flexing

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School jobs scam | Supreme Court notice on Abhishek Banerjee plea against Calcutta HC order

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order, which imposed a cost of ₹25 lakh on Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee while dismissing his plea in connection with the school jobs scam case.

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School jobs scam | Supreme Court to hear Abhishek Banerjee’s plea on May 26

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on May 26 a plea by senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee against his questioning by the CBI in the school jobs scam case.

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Abhishek Banerjee appears before CBI in West Bengal school job scam

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on May 20, 2023, appeared before the CBI in connection with the West Bengal school job scam.

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SC does not intervene in Calcutta HC order to hand over Ram Navami violence probe to NIA

The Supreme Court on Friday did not intervene in an order of the Calcutta High Court handing over the probe into incidents of violence during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

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WB primary education board challenges HC order cancelling jobs of thousands of teachers

West Bengal Board of Primary Education on Tuesday moved an appeal before the Calcutta High Court against an order of it cancelling jobs of around 32,000 untrained primary school teachers, claiming that they have obtained Diploma in Elementary Education (DElEd) within the specified time thereafter.

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HC allows West Bengal primary education board to challenge order cancelling 36,000 appointments

The Calcutta High Court on May 15, 2023 granted permission to the West Bengal Board of Primary Education to file an appeal against an order that cancelled the appointment of around 36,000 primary teachers in State government-sponsored and -aided schools

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Calcutta HC sets aside recruitment of 36,000 primary school teachers in WB

The court directed that the State government would have to start and complete the recruitment process within the next three months.

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Calcutta HC to hear Abhishek Banerjee‘s application in teacher recruitment case on May 15

The Calcutta High Court on May 12 said it will hear on Monday next an application by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in a teacher recruitment case by one Soumen Nandy, in which a judge had directed the CBI to not keep a public speech by him outside the ambit of…

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Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen

Disquiet at Santiniketan: protests at Visva-Bharati over eviction notice to Amartya Sen. The controversy surrounding the Nobel laureate's ancestral home is part of a larger ideological battle to claim Bengali culture and politics

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Calcutta HC sets up SIT to probe death of teenager at Kaliaganj

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) be formed to look into the unnatural death of a girl at Kaliaganj on April 21 in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district.

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Protesting government employees bring Opposition on one platform in West Bengal

While the police had denied permission for the rally, the Calcutta High Court allowed the same to the protesters.

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Amartya Sen moves HC against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen moved the Calcutta High Court, appealing against a notice of the Visva-Bharati university that asked him to vacate 13 decimal of land at his Santiniketan residence by May 6.

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Calcutta HC directs second post-mortem of BJP worker killed at Moyna

The BJP worker was allegedly killed at Moyna in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday.

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Calcutta HC reassigns two matters of school jobs scam to another Judge

Two matters — Soumen Nandy vs State of West Bengal and Ramesh Malik vs State of West Bengal — have been reassigned to the court of Justice Amrita Sinha.

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Trinamool grappling with repeated Calcutta HC orders of probe by central agencies in West Bengal

The developments centering cases relating to West Bengal school job scam has brought the focus on the repeated directions by the Calcutta High Court ordering investigation by central agencies in scams, irregularities and incidents of violence in the State

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Abhijit Gangopadhyay: a judge who follows his own style in justice delivery

Justice Gangopadhyay is not only popular in political circles, recently posters hailing his Bengali pride were put up by citizen’s associations in different parts of Kolkata

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School job-for-bribe scam | Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court judge’s order

The Supreme Court on April 28 directed the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to reassign proceedings in the West Bengal school job-for-bribe scandal from Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to another High Court judge.

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