IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE BEFORE:

The Hon’ble Justice Harish Tandon, And The Hon’ble Justice Soumen Sen, And The Hon’ble Justice Kausik Chanda WPA 9921 of 2007 CAN 1 of 2009 (Old No. CAN 4639 of 2009)

With APO 343 of 2013 With WPA 303 of 2023 Utpal Kanti Karan Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With FMA 125 of 2022 The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Vs.

Manash Kumar Gorai & Anr.

With FMA 143 of 2022 CAN 1 of 2021 CAN 2 of 2021 The State of West Bengal & Anr.

Vs.

Archana Pramanick & Ors.

With FMA 2688 of 2007 Nirmalendu Maity Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With F.M.A. 387 of 2020 State of West Bengal & Ors.

Vs.

Bisweswar Bera & Anr.

With F.M.A. 557 of 2007 Baishali Banerjee Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With F.M.A. 583 of 2006 State of West Bengal & Ors.

Vs.

Md. Shohidullah With F.M.A. 584 of 2006 State of West Bengal & Ors.

Vs.

Shyamsundar Mohanto With F.M.A. 585 of 2006 State of West Bengal & Ors.

Vs.

Nirupama Bairagi With M.A.T. 421 of 2022 CAN 1 of 2022 Sagar Kumar Das Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 10273 of 2016 Satya Deo Prasad Vs.

Government of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 12414 of 2008 Smt. Rinku Sarkar Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 12419 of 2008 Srijit Pal Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 12420 of 2008 Subimal Sinha Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 13060 of 2004 Shyamsundar Mohanto Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 14890 of 2001 Baby Gopex Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 15736 of 2013 Atasi Sikdar Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 16707 of 2004 Nirupama Bairagi Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 2364 of 2007 CAN 1 of 2009 (Old No. CAN 7088 of 2009)

Md. Abdus Sattar Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 26423 of 2007 Bimal Chandra Jana Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 29710 of 2013 Pampa Das Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

With WPA 4698 of 2016 Subodh Kumar Biswas Vs.

State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Appellant : Mr. Sridhar Chandra Bagari, Adv.

In (FMA.2688 of 2007)

For the appellant : Mr. Biswarup Biswas, Adv., In (FMA 557 of 2007), Mr. Gora Chand Samanta, Adv.

For the Appellant :Mr. N.I Khan, Adv., In (MAT 421 of 2022) Mr. Amlan Kumar Mukherjee, Adv.

For the respondents :Mr. Subir Sanyal, Adv., in (FMA 125 of 2022) Mr. Sakti Pada Jana, Adv., in (FMA143 of 2022) Mr. Dwarik Nath Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Kamal Mishra, Adv., Mr. Subhajyoti Das, Adv.

For the appellant : Mr. Anirban Ray, Adv., in (FMA 125 of 2022) Mr. Himadri Sekhar Chakraborty, Adv., Ms. Sucharita Paul, Adv.

For the appellant :Mr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, Adv., In (FMA 143 of 2022) Mr. Dipankar Dasgupta, Adv.

For the petitioner :Mr. Samaresh Chandra Dhara, Adv.

In (WPA 4698 of 2016)

For the petitioner :Mr. Mahananda Roy, Adv.

In (WPA 15736 of 2013)

For the petitioner : Ms. Lina Majumder, Adv.

In (WPA 29710 of 2013)

For the Petitioner :Mr. Supriyo Chattopadhyay, Adv., In (WPA 4698 of 2016) Mr. Samaresh Chandra Dhara, Adv.

For the respondent no. 1 :Mr. Kamalesh Bhattacharyya, Adv., In (FMA 387 of 2020) Mr. Surendra Kumar Sharma, Adv.

For the respondent no. 5 :Mr. Tarun Kumar Das, Adv.

In (MAT 421 of 2022)

For the petitioner : Mr. Piush Chaturvedi, Adv., In (WPA 4698 of 2016) Mr. Supriyo Chattopadhyay, Adv., Mr. Samaresh Chandra Dhara, Adv.

For the State : Mr. S.N. Mookerji, Ld. A.G, Adv., Mr. Tapan Kumar Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, Adv., Mr. Tapas Kumar Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Supriya Chattopadhyay, Adv., Ms. Iti Dutta, Adv., Mr. Pinaki Dhole, Adv., Mr. Arjun Roy Mukherjee, Adv., Mr. Biswajit De, Adv., Mr. Rajlakshmi Ghatak, Adv., Mr. Debdooti Dutta, Adv., Ms. Saheli Mukherjee, Adv., Ms. Kakali Smajpaty, Adv., Mr. Paritosh Sinha, Adv., Mr. Dipankar Dasgupta, Adv., Ms. Sucharita Paul, Adv., Ms. Lina Majumdar, Adv., Ms. Pampa Das, Adv., Mr. Somnath Naskar, Adv., Hearing Concluded On : 21st December, 2023 Judgment On : 7th February, 2024

1. Soumen Sen, J.:- The present reference is arising out of an order dated 22nd August, 2008 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in WP 12414(w) of 2008 (Smt. Rinku