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Kolkata, February 25 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, approached the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, raising serious concerns regarding his personal security and alleging a lack of adequate vigilance and protection by the state police authorities.His...

New Delhi, February 25 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure that all pending verification documents are submitted by 5 p.m. on February 26 to the judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.A bench...

New Delhi, February 25 Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale said on Wednesday that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar should be "jailed", alleging several irregularities in the ongoing Systematic Voters' Registration (SVRS) process in West Bengal.In a post on X, the TMC leader said...

Kolkata, February 25 – Several courts in West Bengal received bomb threats again on Wednesday, just a day after receiving similar warnings via email.The emails were sent to judges of various district courts.According to police, the bomb scare first spread to the Asansol District and Sessions...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday clarified that Class 10 admit cards accompanied by a pass certificate can be produced as supplementary documentation for identity verification in the ongoing SIR exercise in West Bengal.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and...

Kolkata, February 24 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court ordered the cancellation of leave for all civil judges in various courts of West Bengal until further orders, to ensure compliance with the directions issued by the Supreme Court for the completion of the electoral roll revision...

Kolkata, February 24 – Members of the Adhikar Raksha Committee, a representative body for Booth Level Officers (BLOs), were accused of throwing shoes at the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, after he arrived at the office...

Kolkata, February 24 – A bomb threat was sent to seven courts in West Bengal, including the Calcutta High Court, via email, causing panic among judges and lawyers on Tuesday, police said.Following the bomb threat, the state administration hastily called a high-level meeting at the State...

Kolkata, February 24 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday suspended the life imprisonment sentence of a man, convicted for the rape of a minor, stating that his appeal, which has been pending since 2019, is yet to be heard, and that prior appeals are also pending.Noting that it is uncertain when...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the deployment of West Bengal civil judges, in addition to 250 district judges, and the requisitioning of judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha to handle the 80 lakh claims and objections related to deletion from the electoral...

Kolkata, February 24 Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP hailed the Supreme Court's order on Tuesday, allowing the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy judicial officers from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive...

Kolkata, February 24 Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday alleged that a high-level meeting convened in West Bengal to further the SIR process, as mandated by the Supreme Court, was attended by unauthorized individuals, including former chief secretary Manoj Pant.The BJP leader demanded...

Kolkata, February 24 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bibhas Adhikari in the primary school recruitment case in West Bengal, according to sources within the agency on Tuesday.Adhikari is a close associate of Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya, who was arrested by the ED...

The Supreme Court has allowed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy civil judges and requisition judicial officers from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha to handle the 80 lakh claims and objections under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.A bench...

New Delhi, February 24 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed judicial officers from the neighboring High Courts of Jharkhand and Orissa to be deputed to West Bengal to expedite the resolution of voter claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy civil judges and also to requisition judicial officers from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with the 80 lakh claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision...

Kolkata, February 24 – As the process of judicial review of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, began, the judicial officers appointed in four districts near the India-Bangladesh border have sought special...

Kolkata, February 23 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul held an internal coordination meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal and senior administrative and police officials on Monday regarding the work assigned to judicial officers, officials said.The Chief...

Kolkata, February 23 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate voter identification documents flagged under the "logical discrepancy" category by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will submit daily progress reports to the Calcutta High Court on the status of the adjudication process.The...

Kolkata, February 23 – The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) to disclose, through an affidavit, the details of the money collected from candidates who sought review of allegedly incorrect questions in last year's recruitment examination...