The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea of a physically challenged candidate who was denied admission in PG course in dermatology in a medical college of West Bengal on the ground that there was no reservation for such candidates under state quota. A bench comprising Chief Justice...
Calcutta HC seeks affidavit from Bengal govt on PIL alleging MGNREGA irregularities, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
A division bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday sought an affidavit from the West Bengal government in connection with a PIL filed by the leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, alleging irregularities and corruption in the implementation of two Centrally-sponsored schemes.The two schemes in question are...
SC stays Calcutta HC order for CBI probe, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Calcutta High Court division bench order, which upheld a single-judge's direction for a CBI probe into the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam.Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, representing the West Bengal government, mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief...
Bengal govt moves SC against Calcutta HC’s decision on fresh CBI probe, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
The West Bengal government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the successive decisions of a single- judge bench and a division bench of the Calcutta High Court allowing fresh CBI probe to identify the masterminds who were trying to influence the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to protect the...
Calcutta HC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
Kolkata, The Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that the CBI's Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal, needs additional manpower for a speedy and judicious completion of its work."What I feel is that there are signals of more and bigger instances of corruption...
HC seeks report on probe into IIT-Kharagpur student’s death, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
Kolkata, The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the police to submit a report on the investigation into the death of a third-year student of IIT-Kharagpur, whose body was found in his hostel room. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the police to produce the case diary on the next date of...
Mamata seeks probe by judicial commission under SC into Morbi bridge collapse, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
(Eds: Eds : Adding details, quotes) Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought a judicial commission under the Supreme Court to probe the Gujarat bridge collapse, which left at least 130 people dead. Accountability for the Morbi bridge collapse should be fixed, she said. The Bengal chief...