Shampa Sarkar

The bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay Kumar Gupta directed that the challenge to his appointment be decided by a single judge within two months. The case was filed by Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, a TMC MLA from the Mamata Banerjee camp, who had challenged assembly speaker Rathindra Bose's decision to appoint Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of opposition.

In a dramatic turn of events, former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is taking her battle to the Calcutta High Court, disputing Suvendu Adhikari's 2026 election win in Bhowanipore. Banerjee, who faced a defeat margin exceeding 15,000 votes, has raised alarms about possible misconduct, including claims of CCTV malfunctions and the exclusion of her election agents from the counting process.

Dissatisfied with a report by Presidency correctional home authorities on a missing undertrial , Calcutta High Court asked them to trace the person and produce CCTV grabs. The HC told the correctional home superintendent to appear in court in person with the jail register.

Calcutta High Court ordered the setting up of a special investigating team (SIT) to investigate the death of a 25-year-old woman, Rasika Jain, who had fallen from the third-floor terrace of her in-law’s house in February 2021.

The Bengal advocate general on Thursday sought Calcutta High Court’s permission to file an affidavit correcting his submission made before the division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj on the Howrah Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

Calcutta High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging irregularities in the Nandigram polls, after counsel for BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari submitted that a transfer plea on the matter had already been filed in the Supreme Court.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a high-level investigation into the whereabouts of Ghana, who used to roam the premises of a Kalyani court, and who was allegedly abducted by a group of men about four months ago, while directing the Ranaghat SP to initiate proceedings

The Calcutta high court on Wednesday lifted its interim stay on grants the state had decided to disburse to community Puja organisers, prompting petitioners to say they would move Supreme Court challenging this.

Calcutta High Court on Monday said ensuring free and fair elections should be the top goal of the Election Commission. The EC told the court that it would “ensure free and fair elections and will do everything needed for such purpose”.

The Calcutta High Court organized its first online Lok Adalat on Saturday, during which 60 cases were disposed of. The next Lok Adalat at the HC will be on September 26. Justice Soumen Sen urged the central and state governments, insurance companies and banks to send more cases for adjudication on that date.

Admitting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's petition for hearing, the Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed that notice be served upon leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari, whose victory from Nandigram in the assembly elections was challenged by her. Justice Shampa Sarkar directed that Banerjee's election petition will be taken up for hearing on August 12.