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NISHITA MHATRE, R.K.BAG
Md. Ruknuddin – Appellant
Versus
Honble High Court at Calcutta – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :M.M. Verma and Abhisekh Verma, Advocates
For the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2:Saptangshu Basu and Ananya Das, Advocates
For the Respondent No. 5:Tarique Quasimuddin and Zainab Tahur, Advocates

JUDGMENT :

Nishita Mhatre, J.

The present appeal is directed against the order of the learned Single Judge in WP No. 29139(W) of 2014 dated 13th November, 2014. The appellant is a Civil Judge (Junior Division) and at the relevant time was posted at Gangarampur/Buniadpur in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur. The allegation against the appellant is that he opened a Facebook account in the name of his colleague, a Judicial Magistrate at Gangarampur. He, without her consent, posted her photographs with an intention to harass and defame her. A complaint was received from Judicial Magistrate by the High Court on its administrative side. It appears that the Judicial Magistrate, Gangarampur, lodged a complaint with the Banshihari Police Station, Dakshin Dinajpur being FIR No.194 of 2012 dated 20th September, 2012. The case was investigated by the Cyber Crime Cell, CID, West Bengal. After investigation, a charge-sheet was submitted by the Investigating Officer before the competent Court on 15th January, 2014. The charge framed was under Section 66A(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

2. The Administrative Committee of this Court resolved on 26th August, 2014 that a disciplinary enquiry






































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