Pooja Das

On 21st May 2020, Orissa High Court heard the case for appellant G Achyut Kumar. The appellant filed a criminal appeal against the State of Orissa against the order dated 11.12.2019. The said order rejected the appellant’s prayer for bail...

Facts of the Case: On 8th April 2020, Dr Faud Halim had initiated public interest litigation seeking direction “to ensure that proper protective and preventive measures are taken by the State as well as by the Union of India to...

The Hon’ble Chief Justice constituted a special bench on 8th April 2020 to hear a Suo Moto writ petition under Article 226 (Power of High Courts to Issue Certain Writs) and Article 227 (Power of Superintendence over all courts...

The Calcutta High Court recently constituted a committee to issue a report regarding the measures being taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 or Coronavirus. Keeping the instructions provided by the Apex Court on 23rd March as well as...

On 1st April 2020, the Writ Petition was filed relating to the detention of a Doctor which was heard by the Hon’ble Justice I. P. Mukerji under the express undertaking of the petitioner to comply with all formalities concerning...

In the light of a Nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown announced on 24th March 2020 by the Government of India as well as the Government of West Bengal, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of the court has issued further instructions vide Notification...

A letter from Advocate D.C Kabir dated 27th March 2020 was received by the High Court regarding the challenges faced by the people in Andaman and Nicobar Islands due to the Nationwide Lockdown. The letter has been treated as...

A writ petition was placed in the Court for urgent hearing by Kalidas Datta on 23rd March 2020. The learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr Bijoy Adhikari claimed an urgent hearing on the grounds that the petitioner’s bus would...

On 14th May 2018, the Calcutta High Court under Chief Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya and Justice Arijit Banerjee initiated a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to take up the issue of Overcrowding in Prisons as a Suo Motu (on its own)...

The Court has submitted a petition ‘on its own’ regarding matters pending with interim orders in the High Court at Calcutta and Courts subordinate to it including the Tribunals within the State of West Bengal and Union Territory of...