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The Calcutta High Court is one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862, and is the oldest High Court in India. It was established as the High Court of Judicature at Fort William on 1 July 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861, which was preceded ...
On 13 August 2024, the Calcutta High Court, unsatisfied with the police's handling of the investigation, assigned the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). [25] They also flagged the possibility of destruction of evidence if the state police continued with their investigation. [8]
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1114 of which 840 judges are permanent and remaining 274 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 10 December 2024, 360 of the seats, about 32.3% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
Pages in category "Chief justices of the Calcutta High Court" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India and consists of 33 judges headed by the Chief Justice of India. [1] The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts.
The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in that high court, whichever is higher. The Madras High Court is the oldest high court in the country, established on 26 June 1862 ...
The trial of the accused commenced on 4 March 1910 with a second hearing in the Calcutta High Court in July 1910. However, the de-centralised structure of the Samiti meant the prosecution's attempts to demonstrate the crimes as linked and the Samiti as a unifying organisation failed. 33 of the accused were subsequently acquitted.
Suvra Ghosh (born 23 April 1968) is an Indian judge, currently sitting on the Calcutta High Court in West Bengal. [1] She has adjudicated in a number of significant cases, including those concerning the imposition of the death penalty in India, and notably imposed a fine on the Calcutta High Court itself after ruling that the Court had previously erred in ordering a magistrate to retire ...