Calcutta High Court Notifies Mandatory Child Access & Custody Guidelines Along With Parenting Plan

On 26 September 2025, the Calcutta High Court formally approved and published the Mandatory Child Access & Custody Guidelines on its official website.According to the document, the State of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands presently lack appropriate guidelines on custody that would assist the Courts.In the above factual matrix, a Public Interest Litigation was filed by Dr. Ratul Roy and Ayushman Initiative for Child Rights to frame appropriate Guidelines...

Calcutta High Court Orders Return Of Bengal Residents Deported To Bangladesh Within 4 Weeks

The Calcutta High Court has directed the return of West Bengal residents who were deported to Bangladesh by the Delhi Police upon suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals.Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra directed the return of the citizens within four weeks and held:"The life style of the people shapes the profile of the law and not vice versa. Law cannot be...

Shut All Hostels During Puja Vacation: Calcutta High Court Tells Jadavpur University

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Jadavpur University administration to ensure that it closes down all hostels on the university campus for the ongoing puja vacations.A division bench of Justices Sujoy Paul and Smita Das De passed the order. "The pro vice chancellor and registrar must ensure that the hostels are closed for puja vacations. The Officer in Charge of the Jadavpur...

'We Will Consider': Calcutta High Court In Plea Seeking Theatre Release Of 'Bengal Files' Movie In West Bengal

The Calcutta High Court on Friday stated that it would consider a plea seeking the release of Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's film 'The Bengali Files', whose theatre release had been allegedly restricted in West Bengal.A division bench of Justices Sujoy Paul and Smita Das De was hearing the matter.The petitioner stated that he was an 'avid movie goer' and that his right to watch a movie of his...

Calcutta High Court Grants Unconditional Stay Of MSME Council Award Due To Concerns Over Violation Of Natural Justice

The High Court at Calcutta has granted an interim Order of unconditional stay on the execution of an Arbitration Award passed by the MSME Facilitation Council at Konkan.In an Application filed under Section 36 (2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd, against M/s FEPL Engineering Pvt. Ltd, praying for unconditional stay with exemption...

Plea Against Misuse Of Digital Signature Does Not Amount To Denying Existence Of Arbitration Agreement: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court Bench of Justice Krishna Rao, while referring parties to arbitration, has observed that if the Plaintiff alleges that its digital signatures were used without its consent, such an allegation of fraud does not amount to a denial of the existence of the arbitration agreement. Facts The Plaintiffs had filed an application praying for an interim order, whereas...

Railways Can't Cancel Duly Published Promotion Panel On Vague Administrative Grounds; Prior Notice To Selected Candidates Mandatory: Calcutta HC

A Division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Madhuresh Prasad and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya held that the cancellation of a duly published selection panel by the Railway Authorities, without providing due notice to the selected candidates, is unsustainable in law. Authorities are bound to comply with RBE No. 192 of 2019 and Rule 228 of IREM Vol. I, which mandate...

Court Hearing Appeal U/S 37 A&C Act Can Direct Furnishing Of Security Even Without Application U/S 9: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Arindam Mukherjee has held that while disposing of an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act, the Court is empowered under Order 41 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) to impose conditions and direct the respondent to furnish security for the loan as per the Agreement, even in the absence of a formal application under Section 9 of...

Calcutta High Court Declines Plea Against Bengali Singer Nachiketa For Allegedly Insulting Lord Ram In Concert, Cites Lack Of Evidence

"Only the contents of social media mentioning, without any date, time and place of the concert and without any authenticity, cannot be the ground to take cognizance of such offence," the court said.

Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Relief Against Eviction To Families Living Under Flyover, Records State's Assurance Of Rehabilitation

In granting relief to nearly 300 families living under Hastings Bridge, the Calcutta High Court has recorded the State Government's undertaking that no eviction will take place unless proper rehabilitation is arranged. The Court also granted Muktokantha Mahila Samity (MKMS) the liberty to seek an urgent hearing if there is any future threat of forced removal or breach of the State's...

'Society Needs To Be Protected': Calcutta High Court Imposes 40 Year Sentence On "Gurudev" Convicted Of Murder, Commutes Death Penalty

The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on an alleged 'Gurudev' for the murder of two women over alleged monetary disputes, after the appellant-Gurudev and his wife had promised certain cures to the deceased and their family, in exchange for large sums of money.A division bench of Justices Debangu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi held:"Therefore, taking into consideration...

Able-Bodied Husband Cannot Refuse To Maintain Wife Merely Due To His Unemployment: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that an able-bodied, young man cannot refuse to pay maintenance, citing financial constraints arising out of his unemployment.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held: "Therefore once there is no denial of the fact that the husband is an able bodied young man capable of earning, he cannot simply deny his legal obligation of maintaining of his wife equal to the status...