Does failure to demonstrate relevance in requisition of documents and witnesses vitiate a departmental enquiry and justify reduction of dismissal penalty under doctrine of proportionality?

Calcutta High Court upholds natural-justice requirements under Canara Bank Service Regulations, confirms appellate authority’s independent review duty, and narrows scope

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can High Courts Mandate Administrative Authorities to Expedite and Reason Out Decisions on Representations?

Court affirms its writ jurisdiction under Article 226, prescribing strict timelines for consideration of pending representations with binding effect on

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Does the Relevant Policy Bar Repeated Compassionate Appointments Under Service Regulations?

The Calcutta High Court affirms that compassionate appointment is a policy-based concession, not a right, and cannot be granted across

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can voluntary restitution of misappropriated government funds exonerate an accused under Section 409 IPC?

  Summary Category Data Case Name CRA/523/2015 of BHARAT CHANDRA METE Vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL CNR WBCHCA0416512015 Date of

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can a writ direct immediate payment of principal Provident Fund dues with statutory interest upon retirement?

High Court upholds Division Bench precedent, affirming statutory right to PF dues and mandating PF Commissioner to pay principal and

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Does an administrative authority have a duty to implement a final Division Bench judgment not stayed by the Supreme Court when deciding identical claims?

Calcutta HC directs respondent to apply its July 4, 2024 Division Bench ruling—uninterfered by the Supreme Court’s November 18, 2024

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Is a Review Petition Under Order 47 Rule 1 CPC Limited to Errors Apparent on the Record and Not a Forum to Re-argue Merits Already Adjudicated?

Reaffirming Supreme Court Precedents on the Narrow Scope of Review Jurisdiction and Binding Subordinate Courts   Summary Category Data Case

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Does an accused husband’s failure to explain incriminating circumstances under Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act justify conviction on circumstantial evidence?

Affirming the burden under Section 106 in domestic homicide; death sentence commuted under rarest-of-rare principles   Summary Category Data Case

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can a Conviction Based Solely on Incomplete Circumstantial Evidence and Uncorroborated Extrajudicial or Co-accused Confession Stand?

The Calcutta High Court, upholding established precedents, held that when a case rests entirely on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must

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August 28, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can Amendments to Sections 14T and 14M of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act Override Res Judicata and Reclassify Private Trust Lands as the Author’s Land for Vesting?

The Calcutta High Court affirms that sub-sections (5)–(9) of Section 14T (as amended in 1981 and 1986) validly negate lateral

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Does delay in payment of retiral benefits entitle a retired employee to interest at 6% per annum under the High Court’s writ jurisdiction?

Calcutta High Court affirms entitlement to interest on delayed gratuity and provident fund payments; serves as binding authority for government

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can a High Court Treat a Writ Petition as a Representation and Direct Reasoned Consideration of a Leave Encashment Claim under Article 226?

The Calcutta High Court reaffirms its power to convert service-related writ petitions into representations, mandates hearing and reasoned orders within

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August 27, 2025 | Calcutta High Court