Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday lashed out at Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a former judge of the Calcutta High Court and now Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha election candidate, over his recent remarks on Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party announced the candidature of former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay from Tamluk constituency, West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim on Monday said that questions can be raised about the judgements delivered by those judges who decide to leave th
In a setback to the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court's order directing a CBI probe in the Sandeshkhali matter pertaining to the attack on ED officials.
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 petitioner Goswami said that she has suffered grave injustices including illegal custody, malicious prosecution, and false implication under Sections 21B and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday concluded a search at the residence of suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan in connection with the Sandehskhali case, in which four officials from the Directorate of Enforcement came under attack while raiding the resi
The Crime Investigation Department handed over the suspended Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, accused of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday, following the Calcutta High Court's directive.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the union minister also slammed the Trinamul Congress government in West Bengal for opposing the Calcutta High Court's order to hand over custody of Sheikh to the CBI and called it a matter of "great shame".
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.
Justice Gangopadhyay's resignation has reignited the debate about judges entering politics in India. Traditionally, judges in India are expected to maintain a distance from politics.
Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell head Amit Malviya on Wednesday took on Mamata Banerjee's government and asked the West Bengal Chief Minister what will she do now to protect Sheikh Shahjahan.