List of holidays 2023 for subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in West Bengal

List of holidays 2023 for subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in West Bengal .

👉List of holidays in subordinate Civil Courts 

Name of Holidays	English Dates	Days of the week	Number of days
Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday	January 12th	Thursday	1 day
Netaji’s Birthday	January 23rd	Monday	1 day
Republic Day / Saraswati Puja	January 26th	Thursday	1 day
Shivratri	February 18th	Saturday	1 day
Doljatra	March 7th	Tuesday	1 day
Holi	March 8th	Wednesday	1 day
Good Friday	April 7th	Friday	1 day
Chaitra Sankranti /  Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar	April 14th	Friday	1 day
Bengali New Years Day	April 15th	Saturday	1 day
Id-ul-Fitre	To be notified  later on	To be notified  later on	To be notified  later on
May Day	May 1st	Monday	1 day
Buddha Purnima	May 5th	Friday	1 day
Rabindranath’s Birthday	May 9th	Tuesday	1 day
Summer vacation	May  22nd to 26th	Monday  To  Friday	5 days
Id-Uz-Zoha (Bakrid)	To be notified  later on	To be notified  later on	To be notified  later on
Muharram	To be notified  later on	To be notified  later on	To be notified later on
Independence Day	August 15th	Tuesday	1 day
Janmastami	September 7th	Thursday	1 day
Gandhiji’s Birthday	October 2nd	Monday	1 day
Annual Vacation (including Durga Puja, Lakshmi Puja, Second Day of Lakshmi Puja, Diwali, Pratipada & Bhatridwitiya)	October 20th           To November 15th	Friday  To  Wednesday	27 days
Jagadhatri Puja	November 21st	Tuesday	1 day
Fateha-Duaz-Daham / Guru Nanak’s Birthday and Parswanath’s Rathajatra	November 27th	Monday	1 day
Christmas Vacation	December  25th to 30th	Monday  To Saturday	6 days

👉List of holidays in subordinate Criminal Courts 

Name of Holidays	English Dates	Days of the week	Number of days
Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday	January 12th	Thursday	1 day
Netaji’s Birthday	January 23rd	Monday	1 day
Republic Day / Saraswati Puja	January 26th	Thursday	1 day
Doljatra	March 7th	Tuesday	1 day
Good Friday	April 7th	Friday	1 day
Chaitra Sankranti / Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar	April 14th	Friday	1 day
Bengali New Year’s day	April 15th	Saturday	1 day
Id-ul-Fitre	To be notified  later on	To be notified later on	To be notified later on
May Day	May 1st	Monday	1 day
Buddha Purnima	May 5th	Friday	1 day
Rabindranath’s Birthday	May 9th	Tuesday	1 day
Summer vacation	May  22nd  to 26th	Monday  To Friday	5 days
Id-Uz-Zoha (Bakrid)	To be notified  later on	To be notified later on	To be notified later on
Muharram	To be notified  later on	To be notified later on	To be notified later on
Independence Day	August 15th	Tuesday	1 day
Janmastami	September 7th	Thursday	1 day
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday	October 2nd	Monday	1 day
Annual Vacation (Including Durga Puja / Lakshmi Puja)	October 20th          To October 28th	Friday  To Saturday	9 days
Diwali	November 13th	Monday	1 day
Pratipada	November 14th	Tuesday	1 day
Bhatridwitiya	November 15th	Wednesday	1 day
Guru Nanak’s Birthday and Parswanath’s Rathajatra	November 27th	Monday	1 day
Chirstmas Day	December 25th	Monday	1 day

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Note 1 : Public Holidays on account of New Year’s Day (January 1st), Second day of Laxmi Puja (29th October) and Kali Puja (12th November) fall on Sundays.

Note 2 : Public Holiday on account of Mahalaya (October 14th) falls on Second Saturday.

Note 3 : Holidays on account of Muslim Festivals viz. Id-ul-Fitre, Id-uz-Zoha (Bakrid) and Muharram will be declared later on, depending on visibility of the moon.

Note 4 : Sectional Holiday on account of Sab-e-Barat (March 8th) falls on Wednesday may be granted to Muslim employees. Sectional holiday on account of Mahabir Jayanti (April 4th) may be granted, when possible, to the Jain employees. Sectional holiday on account of Baisakhi (April 14th) coincides with the Chaitra Sankranti falls on Friday.  

Note 5 : The Court and Offices of the Judgeship of Darjeeling & Kalimpong shall remain closed on 13.07.2023 (Thursday) on account of the Birthday of the Nepali Poet Bhanu Bhakta.

Note 6: All the District Judges in West Bengal, Chief Judges of the City Civil Court at Calcutta, City Sessions Court, Calcutta and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Calcutta are hereby empowered to declare local holidays not exceeding two days in a year in a district and/or Sub-Divisions according to the prevalent customs in consultation with the local Bar Associations.  

Note 7: All 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the months have been declared as holidays for the Subordinate Civil & Criminal Courts in West Bengal Vide F.C. Resolution dated 06.08.92.

Note 8 : The Courts in the Districts of Darjeeling & Kalimpong, excepting the Courts in Siliguri Sub-Division under Darjeeling Judgeship shall have no Summer Vacation unlike that of all other Districts of West Bengal. Note 9: In the districts of Darjeeling & Kalimpong, the Courts excepting the Courts in Siliguri Sub-Division of Darjeeling shall be closed for Durga Puja to Laxmi Puja during the Executive holidays from October 20th to 28th October and Bhatridwitiya (November 15th). The Courts in the districts of Darjeeling & Kalimpong shall also be closed for Annual Vacation for the period from the 2nd January to 26th January and 25th December to 31st December, 2023 excepting the Courts in the Siliguri Sub-Division in the District of Darjeeling which shall be closed for Annual Vacation as in the District of Jalpaiguri.

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