2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 3824
CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Tirthankar Ghosh, J
Swapan Murmu – Appellant
Versus
The State of West Bengal – Respondent
WPA 11048 of 2025
Important Points
Subject
Civil Law - Writ Petition
Act Referred
Headnote
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. S. C. Atha
For the Respondents: Mr. Suman Ghosh, Mr. Arka Mondal, Mr. Surajit Basu, Mr. Suman Chakraborty, Ms. Jasika Alam
Mr. Surajit Basu Mr. Suman Chakraborty Ms. Jasika Alam … for the respondent nos.7,9,10 R e The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that the private respondents have been interfering with his rites and rituals.
To that effect, there were incidents which flared up and it has also been admitted by the State that at the relevant point of time when the incidents took place, police picket was deployed.
According to the State, number of General Diary Entries and proceedings under Section 126 of the BNSS were drawn up to maintain peace and tranquility. For a period of almost 11 months, steps were taken by the police authorities.
Having regard to the nature of the dispute complained of, for the next six months, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer would call for a weekly report from the concerned police station as to whether there is any scope and/or possibility of repeated incident relating to the community as referred to in the writ petition.