Status: 10th February 2026
High Court Kolkata Bench Roster November 2025: Full List of Division Benches (DB-I to DB-IX)
COURT NO. 1 – First Floor, Main Building
DIVISION BENCH (DB – I)
Time: 10:30 AM
Hon’ble Judges: Chief Justice Sujoy Paul & Justice Parthasarathi Sen
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
- Matters relating to Central Tribunals under Articles 323A & 323B of the Constitution of India (excluding Tax matters, Land Revenue Tribunal, and State Tribunal matters).
- Appeal from Order relating to Service of Judicial Officers, Officers & Staff of High Court Service & District Judiciary (both retired & serving) under Group-VI.
- Appeal from Order relating to Police under Residuary (Group-IX).
- Any other matter as directed by the Hon’ble Chief Justice.
Notes:
- Monday: PIL (Motion) first, then WP.CT, Group-VI, Group-IX serially.
- Tuesday: WP.CT (Motion) first, then Group-VI, Group-IX, PIL serially.
- Wednesday: Group-VI (Motion) first, then Group-IX, PIL, WP.CT serially.
- Thursday: Group-IX (Motion) first, then PIL, WP.CT, Group-VI serially.
- Friday: Assigned matters first, then PIL, WP.CT, Group-VI, Group-IX serially.
- Hearing matters listed at 2:00 PM or after Motion matters.
- Friday: Original Side matters first, then Appellate Side matters.
- Lawyers must file Law Notes in all hearing matters.
- Mentioning allowed at first sitting upon notice to other side(s).
- Final Hearing matters shall not ordinarily be adjourned.
- Lawyers to provide a list of dates for Final Hearing matters.
COURT NO. 12 – First Floor, Main Building
DIVISION BENCH (DB – II)
Time: 10:30 AM
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Lanusungkum Jamir & Justice Rai Chattopadhyay
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Appeal from Order relating to Labour (Group-III).
- Appeal from Order relating to Transport & Telecommunication (Group-VII).
- Hearing of Intra-Court Writ Appeals (irrespective of classification) from 2011-2018.
- Matters u/s 82 of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.
- Matters u/s 27 of the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998.
- Appeals u/s 76 of the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006.
- Admission of Appeals u/s 30 of the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923.
Note: Every Tuesday, Original Side matters shall be taken up before Appellate Side matters.
COURT NO. 11 – First Floor, Main Building
DIVISION BENCH (DB – III)
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty & Justice Parthasarathi Chatterjee
(Not sitting on 10.02.2026 & 11.02.2026)
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Appeal from Order relating to Education (Group-II).
- Appeal from Order relating to Regulation of Industries & Essential Commodities & Various Central Orders (Group-VIII).
Note: Mentioning is allowed only on Monday and Thursday.
COURT NO. 37 – Third Floor, Centenary Building
DIVISION BENCH (DB – V – COMMERCIAL DIVISION)
Time: 10:30 AM
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Debangsu Basak & Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- All Appeals & applications under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.
- All Appeals & applications relating to Intellectual Property Rights Appellate Division.
Notes:
- Appellate Side matters taken up on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after recess.
- Every Tuesday & Wednesday, Non-Commercial matters are taken up first.
DIVISION BENCH (DB – V)
Time: 10:30 AM
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Debangsu Basak & Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Appeals under the Arbitration Act, 1940 & the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
- Habeas Corpus Petitions.
- Contempt Applications & Review Petitions of Division Benches where Judges are unavailable.
- All matters relating to Designated Courts for MPs/MLAs (as per Supreme Court order dated 09.11.2023).
- Contempt Applications filed following directions in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar.
Special Assignment (10th & 11th February 2026): Shall also take up urgent matters from the list of DB-III (Justices Chakraborty & Chatterjee).
Notes:
- Appellate Side matters taken up on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after recess.
- Every Tuesday & Wednesday, Non-Commercial matters are taken up first.
COURT NO. 4 – First Floor, Main Building
DIVISION BENCH (DB – VI)
Time: 10:30 AM
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Madhuresh Prasad & Justice Prasenjit Biswas
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Appeal from Order relating to Service (Group-VI) [Excluding judicial officers & staff matters listed in DB-I].
- Matters relating to State Tribunals under Articles 323A & 323B of the Constitution (excluding Tax & Land Revenue matters).
- Hearing of Intra-Court Writ Appeals (irrespective of classification) from 2019 onwards.
Weekly Schedule:
- Monday & Tuesday: Group-VI (Service) & State Tribunal matters.
- Wednesday & Friday: Intra-Court Appeals.
- Thursday: Old Hearing matters.
DIVISION BENCH (DB – VII)
Time: 10:30 AM
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Rajasekhar Mantha & Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Appeal from Order relating to Municipalities, Co-operatives & Panchayats (Group-V).
- Admission & Hearing of Criminal Appeals (up to 2018).
- First Appeal, First Miscellaneous Appeal, Matrimonial & Family Court Appeals, Guardianship matters (up to 2018).
- Lawazima matters.
- Appeal u/s 19(1)(a) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.
Special Assignment (27th Jan 2026 to 10th Feb 2026): Shall also take up urgent matters from the list of the Bench comprising Justices Arijit Banerjee & Apurba Sinha Ray.
Notes (w.e.f. 01.04.2025):
- Mentioning for inclusion only on Monday & Thursday with pre & post notice to respondents.
- Old matters taken up half an hour before rising. No accommodation for old matters.
- Monday: Group-V first.
- Tuesday & Thursday: Criminal matters first.
- Wednesday & Friday: First Appeal matters first.
- Single Bench matters taken up on Wednesday & Friday at 2:00 PM.
DIVISION BENCH (DB – VIII)
Time: 10:30 AM
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya & Justice Supratim Bhattacharya
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Admission of Appeal u/o XLI Rule 11, CPC.
- First Appeal, First Miscellaneous Appeal, Matrimonial & Family Court Appeals, Guardianship matters (2019 onwards).
- Appeal from Order relating to Land (Group-I).
- Matters relating to the Land Revenue Tribunal under Articles 323A & 323B.
- Lawazima matters.
Notes:
- Wednesday: This list is taken up after the Original Side list or from 2:00 PM.
- Friday: Bench does not sit. Their Lordships sit singly for Single Bench determinations.
- Tuesday: Specially assigned (Old) matters first.
- Thursday: Hearing matters first.
COURT NO. 759 – Seventh Floor, Sesquicentenary Building
DIVISION BENCH (DB – IX)
Time: 2:00 PM or after exhaustion of Original Side list
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj & Justice Uday Kumar
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025):
- Appeal from Order relating to Revenue (Group-IV) & other Statutory Revenue Appeals (except Land Revenue).
- Appeal from Order relating to Residuary (Group-IX) [Excluding Police] (up to 2023).
- All matters relating to Direct & Indirect Taxes.
- Reference/Appeal under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 & the Company Secretaries Act, 1980.
Notes:
- Mon-Fri: Original Side matters from 10:30 AM. Appellate Side from 2:00 PM or after the Original Side list.
- Tue & Thu at 2:00 PM: Their Lordships will sit in Court No. 238 for Ponzi Scheme matters.
- Friday at 2:00 PM: Their Lordships sit singly for Single Bench determinations.
COURT NO. 238 – Second Floor, Sesquicentenary Building
DIVISION BENCH (DB-IX – PONZI BENCH)
Time: 2:00 PM
Hon’ble Judges: Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj & Justice Uday Kumar
Jurisdiction (w.e.f. 03.11.2025): All matters related to the Ponzi Scheme and connected applications.
Note: Ponzi matters are taken up every Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 PM.
Read also
- Calcutta HC Commercial Courts Practice Directions 2023
- Calcutta HC Rules for Inspection of District Courts & Offices (2021)
