Sumit Saha v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Sumit Saha v. State of West Bengal and others, W.P.A 22082 of 2023, decided 19th February 2024 by Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, J. Key terms: renewal of private security agency licence; applicability of Rule 10 (grant-stage conditions) to renewal under Section 8 of the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005; Rule 10(4) duty to intimate criminal charges framed; Rule 11 renewal conditions additive; police 'No Objection' under Rule 11(iv); arrest of licensee in 2018; renewal application 2020; show cause dated February 22, 2023; direction to Additional Secretary, Home & Hill Affairs (Licence Department) to decide reply within three weeks with reasoned order; disposed of; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Respondent no.5 (Additional Secretary, Department of Home & Hill Affairs (Licence Department)) directed to decide the petitioner's reply/clarification and conclude whether the security licence should be renewed, within three weeks of communication of the order, and to communicate a reasoned order to the petitioner; no order as to costs.