The Central government on Friday notified appointment of Calcutta High Court additional judge Justice Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury as permanent judge of High Court.
While passing interim directions to halt plans for uprooting trees at a maidan in Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court said that the Maidan, shorn of trees, would irrevocably change the city "to a thirsty and arid space."
Justice Shampa Sarkar made the observation while dealing with a husband's plea challenging at least four orders passed ex-parte and in favour of his estranged wife in a matrimonial suit.