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Calcutta High Court

‘Loose tongue’ to ‘sentiments were hurt’: From Nupur Sharma to Sharmishta Panoli, how courts are emboldening Islamists and curbing space for free speech

On 3rd June 2025, the Calcutta High Court rejected the bail plea of Sharmishta Panoli, saying “heavens will not fall” if the ad-interim bail plea is not accepted and the case is heard later for bail.

Supreme Court cancels bail to goons accused of attack and sexual assault on BJP member’s family during post-poll violence, calls it attack on democracy

The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled bail granted by the Calcutta HC granting bail to five accused in a rioting and attempt to rape case during the post-poll violence in West Bengal.

Supreme Court frees man convicted of sex with 15-year-old girl saying she didn’t view it as a crime, says she suffered more from the...

Supreme Court ruled against sentencing a man found guilty under the POCSO Act, stating that the girl did not consider the incident to be criminal in nature

Murshidabad violence: Calcutta HC extends CAPF stay, says no provocative speeches allowed, Suvendu Adhikari demands NIA inquiry

On 17th April, the Calcutta High Court issued a directive for central forces to remain present in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal

West Bengal: Calcutta HC quashes case against man charged with mocking Mamata Banerjee on YouTube

The complaint against the petitioner for offending West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was filed by a person named Saif Salim on 30th June 2022,

West Bengal: VHP denied stall at International Kolkata book Fair, Hindu outfit moves court after Guild makes ‘excuses’

The Guild is now claiming that the application submitted by the VHP for the stall is 'not in form' and was therefore rejected. It also alleged that the Hindu rights organisation did not 'qualify the conditions' required for participating in the event.

As AIMPLB ‘demands’ that lower courts don’t accept petitions about mosques, read how Muslim mobs killed people when Calcutta High Court accepted a petition...

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board essentially suggested that lower courts approving surveys of mosques could result in rioting by Muslims, as recently witnessed in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal.

West Bengal: Calcutta High Court asks police to take control of a Mosque after clashes among Muslims over Namaz timings leave one dead

Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal police to take control of a Mosque in Egra, East Midnapore, following a violent clash between two groups of Muslims that left one person dead.

Calcutta High Court denies to curb animal sacrifice in Goddess Kali temple, says practices in East India differ from those in North India

Calcutta High Court refused to give any interim relief and referred the matter to the chief justice's bench.

Delay in filing FIR, milder charge instituted against accused: Calcutta HC raps WB police over IAS officer’s wife’s rape case. Another rape cover-up by...

The alleged rape of a civil servant's wife in the state's capital in July this year serves as yet another glaring example of the systemic failures and political patronage that pervades West Bengal's governance.

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