Disposed¶14

Ashoke Kumar Mukherjee and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC13 Nov 2025WPO/764/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Calcutta HC Original Side writ disposal (WPO/764/2025, Suvra Ghosh J, 13-11-2025): petitioners' construction on plot found per State report to be in accordance with law; police directed to keep strict vigil and strictly deal with untoward incidents owing to apprehension of breach of peace from criminal antecedents of 5th petitioner; disposed of, no costs, no affidavits called for.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with directions to the police authorities to keep strict vigil in the area, avoid untoward incidents, ensure peace and tranquility, and strictly deal with any untoward incident; no order as to costs. ¶14

Ashoke Kumar Mukherjee and Ors. Vs the State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

¶14

Issue for consideration

Whether police measures (strict vigil) were required at the site where the petitioners are raising construction, given the local people's apprehension of breach of peace arising from the criminal antecedents of the 5th petitioner and his presence at the site.

¶12

Court's answer

The Court directed the police authorities to keep strict vigil in the area in order to avoid any untoward incident and ensure maintenance of peace and tranquility.

¶13

Ratio / Principle

The Court further directed that any untoward incident shall be strictly dealt with by the police authorities.

¶13

Key takeaways

It appeared from the State's report, and was submitted on behalf of the State, that the petitioners are raising construction in the plot in question in accordance with law.obiter¶12
Since no affidavits were called for, allegations in the petition are not deemed to have been admitted by the respondents.obiter¶17
There shall be no order as to costs.obiter

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court at Calcutta (Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction, Original Side), WPO/764/2025 — Ashoke Kumar Mukherjee and Ors. v. The State of West Bengal and Ors.; Suvra Ghosh, J.; 13th November, 2025. On the State's report being taken on record, which indicated that the petitioners are raising construction in the plot in question in accordance with law, and noting that owing to the criminal antecedents of the 5th petitioner the local people apprehend a breach of peace due to his presence at the site, the Court directed the police authorities to keep strict vigil in the area to avoid any untoward incident and ensure maintenance of peace and tranquility, and held that any untoward incident shall be strictly dealt with by the police authorities. The writ petition was accordingly disposed of; there shall be no order as to costs; no affidavits were called for and allegations in the petition are not deemed to have been admitted by the respondents.

Ashoke Kumar Mukherjee and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Ashoke Kumar Mukherjee and Ors. v. the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Why is it important?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Nasiruddin Ahmed Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Sanjay Kumar Sharma Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Dulal Kandari Vs State of West Bengal and Ors.

Kamlesh Devi Simrodhia Vs the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Sk. Amjad Ali Charitable Trust (Regd) Vs the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Society and Benefit Circle Vs the State of West Bengal and Ors.