Jyoti Basu was an Indian Marxist theorist,communist activist,and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India. He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the member of Politburo of the party since its formation in 1964 till 2008. He was also the member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly 11 times. In his political career,spanning over seven decades,he was noted to have been the India's longest serving chief minister in an elected democracy,at the time of his resignation. He declined the post of Prime Minister after the 1996 Indian general election after the CPM refused to let him head a multi-party coalition as would not be able to implement Marxist programs and relinquished the prime ministership to Deve Gowda.
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However,a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiar or territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters,if so designated,especially by the constitution,a state law or union law.
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located at Esplanade Row West,Kolkata,West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court building's design is somewhat based on the Lakenhal in Ypres in Flanders,Belgium.
The Kolkata Police,is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within the metropolitan area of the city of Kolkata,West Bengal. It is one of the two primary police forces in West Bengal,the other being the West Bengal Police.
Siddhartha Shankar Ray was an Indian lawyer,diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of offices,including Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77),Union Minister of Education (1971–72),Governor of Punjab (1986–89) and Indian Ambassador to the United States (1992–96). He was,at one point,the main troubleshooter for the Congress Party.
The judiciary of India is the system of courts that interpret and apply the law in the Republic of India. The Constitution of India provides concept for a single and unified judiciary in India. India uses a mixed legal system based majorly on the common law system with civil laws applicable in certain territories in combination with certain religion specific personal laws.
Sabyasachi Mukharji was an Indian jurist,who was the twentieth Chief Justice of India. He also previously served as the acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
Ajit Nath Ray was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 25 April 1973 till his retirement on 28 January 1977.
Sengupta is a Bengali surname found among the Bengalis of West Bengal,Assam,Tripura and Bangladesh. They belong to the Baidya caste of Bengal. The surname is a compound of Sen and Gupta.
Altamas Kabir was an Indian lawyer and judge who served as the 39th Chief Justice of India.
Goutam Deb is an Indian Politician currently serving as the Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He was a Cabinet Minister of Department of Tourism in the Government of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021. He also served as the Minister of North Bengal Development,a newly formed department in 2011 by Mamata Banerjee,the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly from Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly Constituency two times. Presently he is serving as Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation and Observer of Jalpaiguri District Trinamool Congress Committee.
Dipankar Datta is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former chief justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Calcutta High Court.
Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan was an Indian judge. He was chief justice of the Calcutta High Court,Telangana High Court,Hyderabad High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court and judge of Kerala High Court.
1993 Kolkata Firing was an incident of firing by Calcutta Police in 1993 on Indian National Congress workers. The State Youth Congress led by Mamata Banerjee had organised a protest march to Writers Building on 21 July 1993 against the then Communist government of the state,demanding photo voter identity cards be made mandatory to ensure fair elections. The Police fired on the protesters killing 13 people and injuring many others.
Kalyan Banerjee is an Indian politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress. He is Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India and Calcutta High Court. He is a four-time Member of Parliament. He has won the 2009,2014,2019 and 2024 Indian general elections from Serampore.
Phani Bhushan Chakravartti was the first Indian cum Bengali permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and was the acting governor of West Bengal.
Aniruddha Bose is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is also the former chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court and judge of the Calcutta High Court.
Biswanath Somadder is an Indian Judge. Presently,he is Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court. He is former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. He is also former Judge of Allahabad High Court and Calcutta High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
Sankar Prasad Mitra was a Bengali politician and former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. He is one of the acting Governors of West Bengal and the longest serving Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
Sikkim Lokayukta is the Parliamentary Ombudsman for the state of Sikkim (India). It is a high level statutory functionary,created to address grievances of the public against ministers,legislators,administration and public servants in issues related to misuse of power,mal-administration and corruption. It was first formed under the Sikkim Lokayukta and Deputy Lokayukta Act-2012 and approved by the president of India. The passage of Lokpal and Lokayukta's Act,2013 in Parliament became law on 16 January 2014 and requires each state to appoint its Lokayukta within a year. A bench of Lokayukta should consist of judicial and non-judicial members. An Upa-Lokayukta is a deputy to Lokayukta and assists him in his work and acts in-charge Lokayukta in case the position fells vacant before time.
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