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A division bench of Chief Justice Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya was hearing the Public Interest Litigations (PILs)...
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, while hearing the pleas that sought a probe into sexual harassment and alleged land grabbing, extortion and sexual crimes against local women by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, expressed its discontent over the issue before the bench.o)..
Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam said as per LiveLaw, The entire district administration and ruling dispensation must owe a moral responsibility..
The bench was hearing arguments seeking an independent probe into the harassment of women by Shahjahan and his men in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali...
The agency is investigating multiple FIRs filed against Shahjahan by the West Bengal police several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Arms Act, SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and West Bengal State Highways Act..
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