tenant
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Calcutta High Court Dismisses Landlord’s Plea for Market Rate Occupation Charges During Pendency of Eviction Suit, Holds Statutory Tenant Cannot Be Treated as Tenant at Sufferance. “A tenant becomes a statutory tenant upon issuance of notice under Section 6(4); his occupation cannot be deemed unlawful until eviction is decreed”

Court’s Decision The Calcutta High Court dismissed a civil revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution filed by the landlord challenging the rejection of an application under Section 151…
July 16, 2025
disbursment
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Calcutta High Court Directs Disbursement of Compensation under Old Award to Subsequent Purchasers; Holds Section 24 of 2013 Act Inapplicable Since Acquisition was under 1948 Act and Land Already Vested with State “Subsequent purchasers are entitled only to receive compensation based on vendor’s title and cannot claim benefits under the 2013 Act”

Court’s Decision The Calcutta High Court directed the competent State Authority to disburse an amount of ₹6,53,715 along with interest at 8% per annum from 7 January 2014 until the…
July 16, 2025
no mens rea
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Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings under Section 153A IPC for News Publication on Ground of No Mens Rea, Lack of Sanction, and Mechanical Cognizance by Magistrate “The graver the offence, the greater should be the care taken so that the liberty of citizen is not lightly interfered with.”

Court’s Decision The Calcutta High Court allowed the revisional application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and quashed the criminal proceedings initiated under Section 153A of the…
July 16, 2025