A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed 80 women from Sandeshkhali to share their grievances by filing applications or affidavits through a woman advocate. The order was issued by a division bench led by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam.
The West Bengal government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order directing a CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali matter pertaining to the attack on ED officials and called the decision by the High Court against the concept of federalism.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Wednesday accused former Calcutta HC Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay of working for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while sitting on the chair of the Judge and said that he has "no value."
"Calcutta High Court transferring the matter of Sheikh Shahjahan from the West Bengal Police to the CBI, evokes only one response: 'Satyamev Jayate'...But the question is, there is Shahjahan in every office of the TMC. One Shahjahan has been expelled for formality, but there are so many o
The Chief Justice Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has also ordered to hand over the custody of suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Sheikh Shahjahan to the CBI.
"The party will decide whether there will be candidates in the Lok Sabha or not. The ruling party of the state has inspired me to enter politics," Gangopadhyay said.
Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday alleged that when sitting judges resign and "join" a particular political party, it means "they were not delivering justice but working for the party".
Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Gangopadhyay, whose ruling on various issues stirred debates, has said that he will be resigning from the post citing that it is the call of his conscience that his job in this duty is over.
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the Calcutta High Court has taken cognisance in the matter relating to the alleged sexual assault of women living in village Sandeshkhali in West Bengal and refused to entertain a plea seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or Special