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Business Standard
4 days ago
- Business Standard
Cal HC grants interim protection to Mithun Chakraborty in unpaid dues case
Justice Jay Sengupta granted protection to Chakraborty from any coercive action in the case till September 10 Press Trust of India Kolkata The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection to actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty from any coercive action in connection with a case of unpaid dues lodged at Chitpur police station here. Justice Jay Sengupta granted protection to Chakraborty from any coercive action in the case till September 10. The court, however, said that the investigation in the case can continue. The matter will come up for hearing again on September 3. The complainant in the case alleged that he had done interior decoration work of a property for a hotelier on assurance from Chakraborty. The hotelier had not yet paid him the billed amount totaling around Rs 35 lakh, the lawyer for the complainant said. Chakraborty moved the court seeking quashing of the FIR, claiming that false and motivated allegations were made against him. He also prayed for interim protection from any coercive action against him in the case lodged at Chitpur police station in north Kolkata. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Kartik Maharaj gets HC breather
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state to not take any step against Padma Shri awardee Kartik Maharaj, who is facing rape allegations, until it hears the case. Justice Jay Sengupta's directive came as the accused moved court seeking protection after he was served a police summons. Kartik Maharaj's counsel pleaded for an in camera hearing. The state, however, held that it could be an open one. Justice Sengupta will make a decision on this matter at the next hearing on July 7. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata
Time of India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Padma Shri monk Kartik Maharaj moves Calcutta HC to quash rape FIR
Padma Shri awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who has been accused by a woman recently of allegedly raping her, has approached the Calcutta HC, seeking cancellation of the FIR registered against him. A single-judge bench of Justice Jay Sengupta has admitted the petition, which is likely to be heard on Wednesday. Kartik Maharaj was served a notice by the Nabagram police station on Monday and summoned to the police station on Tuesday morning for interrogation in connection with a complaint by a victim, who was allegedly raped by the monk from January and June of 2013. Kartik Maharaj has denied the allegations and claimed that the police actions were made to harass a monk. Slamming the BJP over the issue, AITC posted on X, "...Today, the women of Nabagram, Murshidabad, took to the streets demanding his arrest for repeatedly raping a helpless woman, blackmailing her, and forcing her to undergo an abortion. BJP will bend backwards to bury the case because shielding sexual predators runs in their blood. But, let it be known: he will not escape. For the trauma he inflicted, Kartik Maharaj will face the full wrath of the law."
Time of India
01-06-2025
- Time of India
Give adequate time to NDPS accused for probe expansion: HC
1 2 Kolkata: The prosecution needed to give adequate notice to an accused or his/her counsel in an NDPS case before the prayer for an extension of time for the probe was considered, the Calcutta High Court held while granting bail to a man, arrested with 1.4kg brown sugar by Kaliachak PS cops on Aug 13, 2024. The public prosecutor sought an extension of time to submit the charge sheet as the chemical report of the substance was not collected and the other accused were yet to be caught. The extension was granted on Feb 7, 2025. But the statutory period was to be over on Feb 9, 2025, a Sunday. The prosecution moved the application for an extension of time on the immediately preceding Friday, with a notice served on the advocate of the accused at 4.20 pm, 10 minutes before the court closed. The next date was a non-working Saturday. "The counsel could not have contacted his client, who was in custody, to take proper instructions from him and advance his submissions before the magistrate," Justice Jay Sengupta noted on May 19. The accused on Feb 10 prayed for releasing him on statutory bail and to recall the Feb 7 order. But the judge rejected it. The counsel said, "The special court's failure to procure the presence of the accused, either physically or virtually, at the time of considering the application for extension of the probe period rendered the extension order dated Feb 7 illegal." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 나이들어 노안+백내장 절대 방치 하지 마세요! 부산백내장노안 전문안과 더 알아보기 Undo While the counsel for the accused argued it was mandatory to produce the accused at the time when the question of extension of the period of investigation was being considered by the court, the state contended it was not the production but that the accused had to be made aware of such prayer of the prosecution. The judge noted, " Notifying the counsel cannot be a goal by itself. The purpose is to ensure he can obtain instructions from the accused for advancement of his submissions to the court at the relevant time." The judge noted the prosecution failed to give adequate notice to the accused or his counsel before their prayer for an extension of time was considered. The accused was not present physically or virtually. "In view of the violation of the ratios of courts, the order/s remanding the accused and extending time for probe are set aside and the petitioner is entitled to be released on statutory bail. The probe agency can make an application for extension of time after complying with the requirements...," Justice Sengupta said.
Time of India
30-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
High Court: Denial of childcare leave violation of law
High Court: Denial of childcare leave violation of law KOLKATA: Calcutta high court rapped a city college for cancelling an economics professor's child care leave (CCL) of six months, availed to look after her one year old twin daughters, and withholding her salary for the period. "If nourishing years of the two infants are not the right time to grant CCL to petitioner, then one wonders whether the governing body of the college was trying to save it for a later period, when there may possibly be no need for such leave," Justice Jay Sengupta observed in his May 19 order. HC directed Calcutta Girls College authorities to sanction 189 days of CCL to the assistant professor, and release her salary dues for the period within six weeks. Denying the petitioner such leave would amount to flouting the applicable law, the bench ruled. The professor approached the high court after the college, in a decision on Jan 11, 2024, rejected her CCL availed from Jan 11 to July 18, 2023, and directed her to refund the salary received during that period. The petitioner stated that she took maternity leave of 180 days from Nov 12, 2021 to May 10, 2022. She gave birth to the twins via C-section on Nov 26, 2021. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Что происходит при сжигании лаврового листа? Undo She returned to work on May 11, 2022, and on the same day, applied for child care leave to look after her daughters at her Siliguri home, as her husband was abroad and elderly parents-in-law were ill. She was granted and availed CCL from Jan 11 to July 18, 2023. Suffering from post-pregnancy issues, she again applied for CCL from July 21 to Oct 31, 2023, which was sanctioned, and leave without pay from Nov 1, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024, which was approved. She resumed duties on March 1, 2024. According to the rules outlined in the memorandum of Jan 18, 2016, a woman employee is entitled to child care leave for a period of two years, i.e., 730 days, during her entire service period, until the eldest two of her children reach the age of 18 years. She can apply three times within a year, or apply at once for one year. The college submitted that petitioner went on CCL from Jan 11 to July 18, 2023, "without following the proper rules, as per Calcutta University statutes and Acts", and her salary for the disputed period was stopped "due to her unauthorised leave". However, the judge rejected the arguments and noted that the petitioner was well within her rights to claim CCL, and there was no reason for the college governing body not to have considered her application favourably.
