WB Teacher Recruitment Case: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee got a big blow from the Supreme Court on Friday in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam. The Supreme Court refused to stay the May 18 order of the Calcutta High Court, which had said that the TMC leader could be questioned by the CBI and the ED.
A vacation bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice PS Narasimha said that the Calcutta High Court order was fair and balanced. However, the fine has been imposed more. The bench has stayed the fine of Rs 25 lakh imposed on Abhishek. Now this case will be heard in July.
School jobs scam: SC stays Calcutta HC order imposing Rs 25 lakh cost on TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee
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The Supreme Court had changed the judge of the High Court
On April 28, the Supreme Court ordered the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to refer Abhishek Banerjee’s petition to a new bench. Reason, the judge hearing the case had given a TV interview. Justice Amrita Sinha heard Banerjee’s case afresh. He rejected his request on 18 May. The TMC leader then challenged the order in the apex court.
9 year old teacher recruitment scam
9 years ago in 2014, the West Bengal School Service Commission took out the recruitment of teachers in government schools. Partha Chatterjee was the education minister at that time. The recruitment process started in 2016. When there were complaints of many irregularities in this matter, the matter reached the High Court. The CBI filed the first charge sheet on 30 September. It contained the names of 16 people, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee. The ED arrested Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee. Partha Chatterjee is in jail since 23 July 2022.
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