Calcutta High Court should not serve as a 'dumping ground' for judges with questionable reputations or short tenures, argue three lawyer associations in a letter to the Chief Justice of India. They are challenging the transfer of Delhi HC judge, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, expressing concerns over alleged misconduct and urging reconsideration of the decision.
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A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 50,000 for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor. While the CBI called for the death penalty in this 'rarest of rare' case, the court declined, deeming it not sufficiently rare. Roy maintains he was framed and coerced into confessing.
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