Last week, the court had asked Subrata Bose and Priyanka to spend a few days in Puri with their son and try to bridge their differences. Following the order, the couple went to Puri last Friday and returned to Kolkata on Wednesday.

After their return, the couple expressed their desire before the court on Thursday that they wanted to stay together again with their son.

After the hearing, Justice Asim Banerjee asked Subrata to take his wife and son to his residence in the evening.

The court also said that any intervention in their married life from a third party will not be allowed. The court disposed of the case pending before the Chinsura court.

Subrata, an assistant sub-engineer of West Bengal State Electricity Board, had married Priyanka in 2001. They were a happy couple till a clash of egos gradually set in. They separated in 2006. Subrata had filed an appeal before Chinsura Court, Hooghly, for the custody of his son, who was staying with Priyanka. The court, however, refused to pass any order in favour of Subrata.

Subrata then filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court challenging the order of the Chinsura court in 2007.

Last year, Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya of the High Court ordered that the son could spend weekends with his father.

Subrata, however, had filed a petition alleging that Priyanka had stopped sending his son to him.

Justice Banerjee had then asked the couple to spend a week together and try to resolve their differences for the sake of their son’s future.

HC stays govt move to sell land meant for roads
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed the sale proceedings of land beside the Kona Expressway. The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is conducting the sale of the land.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice S S Nijjar and Justice Dipankar Dutta directed the state government and the KMDA not to take a final decision on the sale. The government, however, may continue the paper work regarding the sale, the court added.

The Howrah District Shalimar Lorry and Tempo Association had filed a petition alleging that the KMDA had issued a notice inviting bids for sale of land along the expressway.

The petitioner stated that the state government had acquired the 8-km long land of 90 meters width in 1962-63 for construction of a six-lane highway. But KMDA constructed The Kona Expressway, a four-lane road of 45 meters width in 1992-93. This left the surplus land with the government.