DA's office requests dropping hate crime charge for racist voicemail to Niskayuna leader
Niskayuna judge recuses himself amid prosecutor's request to dismiss felony hate crime related to racist call against former ...
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Supreme Court frowns at Calcutta High Court bail protocol being against the norm
The Supreme Court has taken exception to the practice of division benches of Calcutta High Court hearing anticipatory bail and regular bail applications instead of single-judge benches, as is the norm ...
With government nod, Supreme Court orders reappointment of retired high court judges to cut pendency
The Supreme Court, with the Centre's agreement, plans to reappoint up to five retired HC judges per HC to address the backlog of 62 lakh cases. Ad hoc judges will be paired with sitting judges to hear ...
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Why 2-Judge Benches Hear Bail Applications? Supreme Court Questions Calcutta High Court Practice, Seeks Report
The Supreme Court recently questioned the practice of the Calcutta High Court hearing regular and anticipatory bail applications before Division Benches instead of Single Judges, as is the norm in ...
Daily21d
Calcutta HC Grants Interim Stay on Probe Against RG Kar Doctor, Cites Lack of Evidence
Kolkata: Citing lack of substantial evidence to support the criminal charges, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted a six-week ... Qualifications Files Plea in Calcutta HC Further, the judge ...
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Kolkata doctor’s rape, murder: CBI moves High Court seeking death sentence for convict
The Central Bureau of Investigation has moved the Calcutta High ... Court in the city had on Saturday found Roy guilty of the crime. On Monday, Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban ...
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RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: CBI To Seek Death Penalty For Sanjay Roy; Doctors, Victim's Parents Seek Further Probe
Days after the Mamata Banerjee government filed an appeal before the Calcutta High Court ... before the trial court but was turned down by Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das ...
WION22d
Kolkata rape and murder case: CBI seeks death penalty for Sanjay Roy in High Court
The CBI will file an appeal before the Calcutta High Court, seeking a death sentence ... the death penalty for Roy was turned down by the trial court, where Additional District and Sessions Judge ...
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RG Kar doctor rape case: Bengal govt moves Calcutta HC against court’s verdict of life imprisonment to Sanjay Roy
Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government on Wednesday moved to Calcutta High ... and Sessions Judge in Sealdah, Anirban Das. “The government has moved the high court and secured the court's ...
The Hindu23d
R.G. Kar rape and murder: Bengal government moves Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty for convict Sanjay Roy
moved the Calcutta High Court to file an appeal seeking death penalty for the convict. Advocate General Kishor Datta moved a Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Mohammad Shabbar ...
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Why Did the Kolkata Court Not Award Death Penalty In The RG Kar Case
Though the sessions court verdict closed the horrific chapter in the RG Kar Medical rape case, the victim’s parents vowed to continue their fight for justice, and the West Bengal government got ...
The Tribune23d
Judge shortage crisis worsens in Punjab and Haryana High Court despite elevation recommendations
Even though the high court collegium is in the process of finalising the names of 15 District and Sessions Judges for elevation, the judicial infrastructure remains under strain as the process of ...