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Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya

Type: Person

Name: Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Mamata Banerjee

Saradha promoter says 'happy' with scam probe

Days after submitting an affidavit in the court opposing a Central Bureau of Investigation probe, Saradha chit fund scam's suspected kingpin Sudipta Sen Saturday said he was happy with the course of the investigation being carried out by the West Bengal ... [Published ProKerala.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Affidavit, Investigation, Mamata Banerjee

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

No ties with TMC: Sudipta

ReutersKolkata: The Saradha chit fund scam's suspected kingpin Sudipta Sen who earlier had reached out to the CBI accusing West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of complicity in the swindle, has now approached the court opposing probe by the central ... [Published msn.co.in - May 16 2013]

Entities: Calcutta High Court, Affidavit, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Reserve Bank of India

Bengal govt to get powers to seize mortgaged assets of finance firms

A file photo of Saradha Group commission agents outside West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/MintKolkata: One of the most significant new provisions in West Bengal’s proposed law to deal with deposit-taking companies ... [Published Livemint.com - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Mortgages, Reserve Bank of India

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Saradha Group effect: Questions over retrospective nature of chit fund legislation

ll will empower govt to punish enterprises & individualsWith the Mamata Banerjee regime readying to crack the whip on the chit funds by bringing a new bill, a debate has begun whether it will stand up to judicial scrutiny as the government has apparently ... [Published Financial Express - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Hashim Abdul Halim, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Somnath Chatterjee, Partha Chatterjee, Calcutta High Court

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Former mayor to file PIL against Mamata''s 'smoke more'' remark

Former Kolkata mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya will file a PIL at the Calcutta High Court next week against the chief minister''s comment on smoking more to repay investors who had lost money with the Saradha group going bust. ... [Published Indian Express - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Calcutta High Court, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 2 reports

Somnath Chatterjee

After Saradha scam, WB chit fund bill to have retrospective effect

Kolkata: The new bill that aims to crack down on sham deposit companies will have retrospective effect and also allow confiscation of properties, a minister said today in a move by the Mamata Banerjee government to try to contain the political fallout ... [Published zeenews.com - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Partha Chatterjee, Hashim Abdul Halim, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Somnath Chatterjee

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Securities And Exchange Board Of India

Bengal Govt to probe collapse of Saradha chit fund

Following the collapse of the Saradha Group, which operated Ponzi schemes, the West Bengal Government plans to come out with an ordinance to rein in chit funds.The Mamata Banerjee-led Government also plans to set up a Commission, headed by retired Justice ... [Published Hindu Business Line - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Mamata Banerjee, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, West Bengal Government, Securities And Exchange Board Of India

First reported Feb 20 2013 - Updated Feb 20 2013 - 1 reports

HC blow to Left civic body

Calcutta, Feb. 20: Calcutta High Court today rejected a petition by the sabhadhipati of the North 24-Parganas zilla parishad challenging the validity of a government order to hand over the Left-run bodys financial powers to the district magistrate. Upholding ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Subrata Mukherjee, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Calcutta High Court

First reported Dec 05 2012 - Updated Dec 05 2012 - 1 reports

Explain, court tells minister

Calcutta, Dec. 4: Calcutta High Court today directed minister Becharam Manna to appear before it in person on December 18 to state why suo motu criminal contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for comments on the judiciary. A division ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Dec 05 2012]

Entities: Kumar Roy, Calcutta High Court, Court Order

First reported Nov 26 2012 - Updated Nov 26 2012 - 1 reports

Bail for CPM leader son in rape case

Calcutta Nov. 26: Calcutta High Court today granted bail to a Hooghly CPM leader?s son in a rape case, saying he had been ?falsely implicated?. ?This court primarily finds that the petitioner (Arijit Adhikari) had been falsely implicated in the rape case ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Nov 26 2012]

Entities: Bail, Rape, Calcutta High Court, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Chloroform