Jayanta Ray v. Kolkata Municip[Al Cororation & Ors.
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Matters: MAT 1312 of 2019 (CAN 1 of 2019, Old No. CAN 9410 of 2019; CAN 2 of 2020, Old No. CAN 1560 of 2020) and MAT 1313 of 2019 (CAN 1 of 2019, Old No. CAN 9411 of 2019). Parties: Jibendra Chandra Roy substituted by Jayanta Ray & Ors.; Jayanta Ray vs. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation & Ors.; State counsel for the State; individual respondents 11(a)-11(f)/5-10 and respondent 12. Bench: Rajasekhar Mantha, J. and Ajay Kumar Gupta, J. Dateline: 09.02.2026. Keywords: West Bengal Inland Fisheries Act, 1993; amendment dated 16.06.1994; Gazette Notification untraced; file C-1/9R-7/84-III; Deputy Secretary Fisheries Department affidavit; subject land not covered by 1994 amendment; 34 cottahs plot completely constructed; residential households; water body; grossly inequitable and unfair; impugned order of Commissioner dated 02.02.209 set aside; water connection direction made absolute; matters disposed; no costs. Counsel: Subir Sanyal, Suthirtha Das, Surojit Mukherjee (appellants); Biswajit Mukherjee, Swapan Kumar Debnath, Tanushree Dasgupta (KMC); Supratim Dhar, Suddhadev Adak (State); Aloke Kumar Ghosh, S.T. Mina, Nilanjan Pal (Resp. 11(a)-11(f) / Resp. 5-10); Nilima Das (Resp. 12).