Kolkata, West Bengal: On a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) plea challenging the disbursement of grants to Durga Puja committees,
Advocate Shamim Ahammed says, "See, the government, the color, political party who were in power, is no more in power. Now, the saffron is in now in power. Once they were opposing, now they have acted, acting on the decision of the erstwhile government, that the puja grant will be given to all the puja mandaps, puja committees. Our specific case was that no grant should be made for any religious purpose, for any religious, this is prohibited by our constitution. Unfortunately, the whoever remains in power, they always take a decision, and something, some colors is given in front to defend the constitutional provision..."
Kolkata, West Bengal: On actress Sreelekha Mitra's social boycott case, the Calcutta High Court today directed the authorized police station to remove all posters and banners around the actress’s house with the help of KMC
Advocate Samim Ahammed says, "We have prayed for damages as well as directions to the police authorities and other respondents to remove all social media posts, as well as the banners posted in front of my client’s house maligning her. The Court has directed the police to remove all those posters and any posts that malign my client immediately…"
Kolkata, West Bengal: The West Bengal Administrative Tribunal has had no judicial member since 2022, leaving thousands of employee grievances pending.
Advocate Shamim Ahmed, representing the All India Lawyers Union, says, "The tribunal was constituted to expedite the proceedings. Our experience is, either no appointment is done timely in the tribunal, so far judges recruitment are concerned, and even if the judge is there, proceedings are delayed by one year, two years, three years. So the disposal rate is very low..."
Kolkata, West Bengal: Advocate Shamim Ahmed says, "The court issued a clear directive stating that no grant will be disbursed to Puja organisers who failed to submit utilisation certificates (UCs) within the stipulated time as per its 2020 order. The court noted that organisers were required to file affidavits of compliance, including UCs, bills, and vouchers. However, records show that compliance reports have only been submitted for 2021 and 2022, and from these reports it appears that at least 10,000 clubs, possibly more, did not file UCs on time"
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