Calcutta High Court Division Bench Roster (Effective 3 Nov 2025)

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:

1. Monday: PIL (Motion) first, then WP.CT, Group-VI, Group-IX serially.
2. Tuesday: WP.CT (Motion) first, then Group-VI, Group-IX, PIL serially.
3. Wednesday: Group-VI (Motion) first, then Group-IX, PIL, WP.CT serially.
4. Thursday: Group-IX (Motion) first, then PIL, WP.CT, Group-VI serially.
5. Friday: Assigned matters first, then PIL, WP.CT, Group-VI, Group-IX serially.
6. Hearing matters listed at 2:00 PM or after Motion matters.
7. Friday: Original Side matters first, then Appellate Side matters.
8. Lawyers must file Law Notes in all hearing matters.
9. Mentioning allowed at first sitting upon notice to other side(s).
10. Final Hearing matters shall not ordinarily be adjourned.
11. 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:

1. Appellate Side matters taken up on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after recess.
2. 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:

1. Appellate Side matters taken up on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after recess.
2. 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):

1. Appeal from Order relating to Service (Group-VI) [Excluding judicial officers & staff matters listed in DB-I].
2. Matters relating to State Tribunals under Articles 323A & 323B of the Constitution (excluding Tax & Land Revenue matters).
3. 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):

1. Mentioning for inclusion only on Monday & Thursday with pre & post notice to respondents.
2. Old matters taken up half an hour before rising. No accommodation for old matters.
3. Monday: Group-V first.
4. Tuesday & Thursday: Criminal matters first.
5. Wednesday & Friday: First Appeal matters first.
6. 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:

1. Wednesday: This list is taken up after the Original Side list or from 2:00 PM.
2. Friday: Bench does not sit. Their Lordships sit singly for Single Bench determinations.
3. Tuesday: Specially assigned (Old) matters first.
4. 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:

1. Mon-Fri: Original Side matters from 10:30 AM. Appellate Side from 2:00 PM or after the Original Side list.
2. Tue & Thu at 2:00 PM: Their Lordships will sit in Court No. 238 for Ponzi Scheme matters.
3. 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)