KOLKATA, 21 MARCH: The Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High Court today asked advocate-general Anindya Mitra for the details of the scheme

KOLKATA, 13 MARCH: Return of land cannot come within the purview of public purpose as the peasants have no right to agitate after acquisition of land, the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh

KOLKATA: If there is an omission on the part of the legislature in formulating an Act, the court can fill up the gap, advocate-general Anindya Mitra submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High Court today.

Otherwise, if the statute is left unchanged, it will give rise to absurdity, it was submitted in defence of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, which has been challenged by Tata Motors Limited. This would have defeated the intent of the legislature, it was submitted.

If the criterion of computing compensation in an Act does not boil down to payment of just and equivalent of what the owner has been deprived of, then it is a bad legislation, advocate-general Anin

KOLKATA, 29 FEB: The curator of Victoria Memorial was directed by the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High Court today to make an inventor

KOLKATA, 27 FEB: “How will the court reach a conclusion whether the compensation paid is illusory, if the recipient is not allowed to approach the court with a grievance?” the Division Bench of Mr

Defending the legality of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, advocate-general Anindya Mitra today submitted that the state can acquire land for a specific purpose by enacting a law

KOLKATA, 21 FEB: No repugnancy exists between the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 as their dominant purpose is different, advocate-general An

KOLKATA, 14 FEB: Can an about-to-be-launched plant be relocated as a result of 10 days’ agitation, advocate-general Anindya Mitra submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and

The Tata Motors Limited (TML) had a right to the Singur plot as long as it intended to set up an automobile plant on it, advocate general Anindya Mitra submitted before the Division Bench of Mr Jus