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Calcutta HC dismisses petition by TMC and Communists challenging restrictions on cow slaughter in West Bengal: Read what the court said when they...

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The impugned notification was issued by the newly elected BJP government in West Bengal in compliance with the already existing West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950. The Act has been effective in the state for 76 years and was passed with the objective of increasing the supply of milk and avoiding the wastage of animal power needed for agricultural improvement. 
Government and Policy

Calcutta HC refuses to stay restrictions on cattle slaughter in West Bengal, rejects pleas by TMC, CPI-ML saying cow slaughter is not an essential...

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A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the West Bengal government’s recent public notice imposing...
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Communists move Calcutta HC against Bengal govt’s cattle slaughter certification mandate, call it an assault on Muslim religious freedom: Read what the law says

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The Act specifically prohibits the slaughter of bulls, bullocks, cows, calves, male and female buffaloes, buffalo calves, and castrated buffaloes.
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Falta re-election: Calcutta HC permits TMC leader Jahangir Khan to contest despite criminal cases, asks him to cooperate with probe

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Notably, a re-election is scheduled in the Falta constituency on 21st May after allegations of widespread malpractices led to the cancellation of the election earlier.
Law

Bar Council of India asks West Bengal Bar Council for Mamata Banerjee’s practice records after she appears in the Calcutta HC wearing advocate’s robes

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The Bar Council of India has sought urgent records from West Bengal regarding former CM Mamata Banerjee’s legal practice.
Law

Singur Nano plant dispute: Calcutta HC rejects unconditional stay on ₹765 crore arbitral award to Tata Motors, gives WBIDC 8 weeks to provide property...

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In a significant development in the long-running Singur land dispute, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday declined to grant an unconditional stay on a...
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Calcutta HC rejects TMC’s plea against Election Commission’s decision not to engage state govt employees as counting supervisors

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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a writ petition filed by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the Election Commission of India’s...
Law

Supreme Court praises historic 92% voter turnout and during 1st phase of West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election: Details

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The Supreme Court praised West Bengal’s historic 92% voter turnout and largely peaceful first phase of polling.
Law

Calcutta High Court stays ECI memo naming 800 people as “Trouble-Makers” for Bengal elections, says it can’t issue such “blanket direction”

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The Calcutta High Court on 22 April, 2026, stayed the operation of an Election Commission of India (ECI) memo that had identified nearly 800...
News Reports

Calcutta HC dismisses PIL challenging ECI’s pre-poll transfers in West Bengal, affirms Commission’s authority: Read what the court said

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The High Court said that the petitioners could not establish that the ECI's orders were used in an arbitrary manner and resulted in an injury to a public interest.
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