Chitra Seth and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Land dispute; dispossession and obstruction of cultivation by private respondent (respondent no. 4); complaint of police inaction despite information to local police station; police report — proceeding already drawn under BNSS Sections 126/135(3); right/title/interest in property to be decided exclusively by Civil Court; petitioners directed to invoke relevant provisions of the Code before the jurisdictional Civil Court for relief against disturbance; police surveillance, maintenance of peace and tranquility, inimical relationship between parties; writ petition WPA 1543 of 2025 disposed of; pending applications disposed; Hon'ble High Court, Calcutta; Tirthankar Ghosh, Judge; order dated 10.02.2025.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted; petitioners directed to seek appropriate relief from the jurisdictional Civil Court for title and cultivation-disturbance issues; police instructed to continue strict vigil/surveillance to prevent breach of peace; pending applications likewise disposed of; police report kept on record with a copy handed to petitioners' counsel.