Calcutta High Court On Durga Puja Order

A day before Bengal's biggest festival begins, the Calcutta High Court today eased its order which declared Durga Puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. After 400 top Durga Puja organisers in the city appealed for a review of the order, the court today allowed entry of up to 45 people at a time.

400 top Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata asked the Calcutta High Court today to review its order declaring puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Calcutta High Court is set to give its order tomorrow on the maintainability of the public interest litigation (PIL) that has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's grant for Durga puja organisers. If the court decides it is maintainable, the case will be slotted for further hearing. If not, the matter ends there unless a higher court is a...

"Slit my throat but no one tells me what to do," a defiant Mamata Banerjee declared today after a court said her government in Bengal cannot ban the immersion of Durga idols on Muharram and cancelled the unusual restrictions that she had ordered on grounds that there could be trouble. "You are exercising extreme power without any basis," the Calcut...

Questioning the West Bengal government's curbs on Durga idol immersion, the Calcutta High Court today said the state cannot hinder a citizen's right to practice religion on the basis of a mere assumption of law and order disruption and must provide sound reasons for doing so.

A day before Bengal's biggest festival begins, the Calcutta High Court today eased its order which declared Durga Puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. After 400 top Durga Puja organisers in the city appealed for a review of the order, the court today allowed entry of up to 45 people at a time.

400 top Durga Puja organisers in Kolkata asked the Calcutta High Court today to review its order declaring puja pandals "no-entry zones" for visitors because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Calcutta High Court is set to give its order tomorrow on the maintainability of the public interest litigation (PIL) that has challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's grant for Durga puja organisers. If the court decides it is maintainable, the case will be slotted for further hearing. If not, the matter ends there unless a higher court is a...

"Slit my throat but no one tells me what to do," a defiant Mamata Banerjee declared today after a court said her government in Bengal cannot ban the immersion of Durga idols on Muharram and cancelled the unusual restrictions that she had ordered on grounds that there could be trouble. "You are exercising extreme power without any basis," the Calcut...

Questioning the West Bengal government's curbs on Durga idol immersion, the Calcutta High Court today said the state cannot hinder a citizen's right to practice religion on the basis of a mere assumption of law and order disruption and must provide sound reasons for doing so.