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  • HC allows Suvendu Adhikari to visit Raj Bhavan

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and alleged victims of postpoll violence to meet Governor CV Ananda Bose at Raj Bhavan, if granted permission by his office.

    Coming down heavily on Kolkata Police, the HC. wondered whether the Governor was under “house arrest”. “Is the Governor under house arrest? If not, why were these people not allowed to meet the Governor despite prior permission,” the court questioned. The police, in its response, said that Adhikari had gone to Raj Bhavan earlier also and he was never stopped. However, Adhikari did not inform about the total number of people accompanying him yesterday. Justice Amrita Sinha directed Adhikari to take fresh permission from Bose’s office and take the victims to the Raj Bhavan as yesterday’s permission had expired.

    It further directed that details of the number of vehicles and number of violenceaffected people should be given to the police. However, the court observed that identities of the victims cannot be documented as they may be harassed in future. One person, on behalf of Adhikari, will have to inform the police about the total number of victims (the BJP workers) who will be accompanying Adhikari, the court noted

    Adhikari moved the Calcutta HC today claiming that despite having written permission, police stopped him and 200 BJP workers affected by postpoll violence from entering the Raj Bhavan on Thursday.

  • Not allowed to meet Governor, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari to move to HC today

    Kolkata: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari would appeal to Calcutta High Court tomorrow after 200 BJP activists, headed by him, were denied entry to Raj Bhavan on Thursday afternoon to see Governor CV Ananda Bose amid postpoll violence. Kolkata police blocked them with multilevel barricading outside Raj Bhavan despite Bose’s signed authorisation.

    “The Governor had given permission to meet 200 victims in writing,” Adhikari said.

    The delegation could not enter Raj Bhawan even after waiting outside for two hours after the scheduled time of appointment with the Governor at 4PM. All the gates of Raj Bhavan were barricaded at multiple levels by police citing Section 144. These BJP workers are staying in Kolkata shelter following violence in the districts after the polls.”The Governor has allowed my secretary to bring the victims to Raj Bhavan. Mamata Banerjee’s Police was directed to raise barricades on various sides of Raj Bhavan. This is unprecedented. I have been detained for more than one hour in my vehicle. My security has been stopped. We will seek permission from Calcutta High Court and will be seeking action against the Kolkata police,” Adhikari said.

    Calling the whole matter as “undemocratic”, Adhikari said, “I don’t break rules like Mamata Banerjee. I am a law abiding person. I have communicated the matter to the Governor’s OSD. The roads are in the hands of the police. I have learnt that Raj Bhawan has sought reports from the Chief Secretary and Home Secretary on the issue.” “Even during Emergency, no one had seen this kind of situation. This is illegal,” Adhikari said.

  • School jobs rip-off: SC stays HC order imposing Rs 25 lakh worth on TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order, which imposed a worth of Rs 25 lakh on Trinamool Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee whereas dismissing his plea looking for recall of a earlier order pertaining to probe into the faculty jobs rip-off case.

    A visit bench comprising Justices J Ok Maheshwari and P S Narasimha observed the extreme courtroom had considered the elements raised by Banerjee in his plea nonetheless the imposition of worth of Rs 25 lakh was “perhaps not warranted”.

    “But then, it does not mean that no cost can be imposed at all. I think the order is a very balanced and fair order,” Justice Narasimha observed.

    The bench talked about it’s going to preserve the imposition of worth and might hear in July Banerjee’s plea in opposition to the extreme courtroom’s May 18 order dismissing a petition filed by him looking for recall of a earlier order of the extreme courtroom which talked about probe firms such as a result of the CBI and ED might interrogate him throughout the case.

    “Re-list in the week commencing July 10. Till the next date of listing, the imposition of the cost part by the impugned order shall remain stayed,” the bench talked about.

    Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, exhibiting for Banerjee, referred to the extreme courtroom order, and talked about there have been “errors apparent” in it.

    “We are not doing anything, we are only issuing notice and asking for response,” the bench observed, together with that it should put up the matter for listening to after the vacation.

    On April 28, the apex courtroom had requested the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to reassign the West Bengal faculty jobs rip-off case to a special select, days after voicing displeasure over Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s interview to a TV data channel the place he spoke regarding the raging controversy.

    During the listening to on Friday, the bench observed that after the apex courtroom’s order, the matter was assigned to a special bench which handed orders on the needs, along with these filed by Banerjee.

    “The court said so far as the investigation part is concerned, we can’t interfere. How far it is wrong?” the bench talked about.

    It talked about elements raised throughout the functions have been considered by the extreme courtroom which then acquired right here to a conclusion that interference was not warranted.

    Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, exhibiting for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), talked about the corporate has the power to analysis independently and this cannot be usurped.

    The bench talked about both facet can advance their arguments on the following date of listening to.

    Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for the state of West Bengal throughout the matter.

    “A new trend has started. The state comes in. In Chhattisgarh matter, the state came in. In West Bengal matter, the state came in,” Raju talked about, together with that it is “collusion”.

    Banerjee, who was on May 20 questioned for over 9 hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the probe into the case, has sought the apex courtroom’s path that no coercive steps be taken in opposition to him by the probe firm.

    The TMC chief’s title cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh, a neighborhood businessman and an accused throughout the faculty jobs rip-off, the place he alleged that central investigating firms have been pressuring him to name Banerjee, who’s the general secretary of the TMC, throughout the case.

    The firm’s summons had come inside 24 hours of the Calcutta High Court dismissing a petition filed by Banerjee looking for recall of a earlier courtroom order, which talked about probe firms such as a result of the CBI and ED might interrogate him throughout the coach recruitment rip-off case.

    Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had alleged that whereas TMC leaders who’ve been unwilling to bend have been being harassed, BJP leaders who had been involved in diverse circumstances have been allowed to go scot-free.

    The two-time TMC MP from Diamond Harbour was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) twice throughout the coal pilferage case throughout the firm’s office throughout the nationwide capital in 2021 and likewise in Kolkata in 2022.

    While the CBI is probing the felony facet of the rip-off, the ED is attempting into the money path involved throughout the alleged irregularities at college recruitment.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order, which imposed a worth of Rs 25 lakh on Trinamool Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee whereas dismissing his plea looking for recall of a earlier order pertaining to probe into the faculty jobs rip-off case.

    A visit bench comprising Justices J Ok Maheshwari and P S Narasimha observed the extreme courtroom had considered the elements raised by Banerjee in his plea nonetheless the imposition of worth of Rs 25 lakh was “perhaps not warranted”.

    “But then, it does not mean that no cost can be imposed at all. I think the order is a very balanced and fair order,” Justice Narasimha observed.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The bench talked about it’s going to preserve the imposition of worth and might hear in July Banerjee’s plea in opposition to the extreme courtroom’s May 18 order dismissing a petition filed by him looking for recall of a earlier order of the extreme courtroom which talked about probe firms such as a result of the CBI and ED might interrogate him throughout the case.

    “Re-list in the week commencing July 10. Till the next date of listing, the imposition of the cost part by the impugned order shall remain stayed,” the bench talked about.

    Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, exhibiting for Banerjee, referred to the extreme courtroom order, and talked about there have been “errors apparent” in it.

    “We are not doing anything, we are only issuing notice and asking for response,” the bench observed, together with that it should put up the matter for listening to after the vacation.

    On April 28, the apex courtroom had requested the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to reassign the West Bengal faculty jobs rip-off case to a special select, days after voicing displeasure over Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s interview to a TV data channel the place he spoke regarding the raging controversy.

    During the listening to on Friday, the bench observed that after the apex courtroom’s order, the matter was assigned to a special bench which handed orders on the needs, along with these filed by Banerjee.

    “The court said so far as the investigation part is concerned, we can’t interfere. How far it is wrong?” the bench talked about.

    It talked about elements raised throughout the functions have been considered by the extreme courtroom which then acquired right here to a conclusion that interference was not warranted.

    Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, exhibiting for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), talked about the corporate has the power to analysis independently and this cannot be usurped.

    The bench talked about both facet can advance their arguments on the following date of listening to.

    Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for the state of West Bengal throughout the matter.

    “A new trend has started. The state comes in. In Chhattisgarh matter, the state came in. In West Bengal matter, the state came in,” Raju talked about, together with that it is “collusion”.

    Banerjee, who was on May 20 questioned for over 9 hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the probe into the case, has sought the apex courtroom’s path that no coercive steps be taken in opposition to him by the probe firm.

    The TMC chief’s title cropped up in a criticism filed by Kuntal Ghosh, a neighborhood businessman and an accused throughout the faculty jobs rip-off, the place he alleged that central investigating firms have been pressuring him to name Banerjee, who’s the general secretary of the TMC, throughout the case.

    The firm’s summons had come inside 24 hours of the Calcutta High Court dismissing a petition filed by Banerjee looking for recall of a earlier courtroom order, which talked about probe firms such as a result of the CBI and ED might interrogate him throughout the coach recruitment rip-off case.

    Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had alleged that whereas TMC leaders who’ve been unwilling to bend have been being harassed, BJP leaders who had been involved in diverse circumstances have been allowed to go scot-free.

    The two-time TMC MP from Diamond Harbour was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) twice throughout the coal pilferage case throughout the firm’s office throughout the nationwide capital in 2021 and likewise in Kolkata in 2022.

    While the CBI is probing the felony facet of the rip-off, the ED is attempting into the money path involved throughout the alleged irregularities at college recruitment.

  • Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into violence in Shibpur all through Ram Navami

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered an NIA investigation into the violence in Shibpur inside the Howrah district all through Ram Navami celebrations.

    Hearing a public curiosity litigation (PIL) filed by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, a division bench presided by Acting Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam directed for the change of investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the West Bengal Police.

    In the PIL, Adhikari sought an NIA probe into the violence, all through which it was alleged that bombs exploded.

    The courtroom directed the state police to modify all information and CCTV footage referring to the matter to the central authorities inside two weeks.

    The Centre was directed to ship the paperwork to the NIA thereafter.

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered an NIA investigation into the violence in Shibpur inside the Howrah district all through Ram Navami celebrations.

    Hearing a public curiosity litigation (PIL) filed by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, a division bench presided by Acting Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam directed for the change of investigation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the West Bengal Police.

    In the PIL, Adhikari sought an NIA probe into the violence, all through which it was alleged that bombs exploded.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The courtroom directed the state police to modify all information and CCTV footage referring to the matter to the central authorities inside two weeks.

    The Centre was directed to ship the paperwork to the NIA thereafter.

  • CJI Chandrachud raps HC select, says he has no enterprise giving media interview on pending case

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Judges have no enterprise giving interviews to the media on pending circumstances, CJI DY Chandrachud remarked on Monday as he sought clarification from a sitting select of the Calcutta HC Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay by means of the Registrar General over his interview to a info channel a few case being heard by him.

    “Judges have no business granting interviews to news channels on pending matters. If this is true, he cannot hear this case anymore. If he has done so then he cannot participate anymore. We will not touch the investigation but if a judge gives an opinion on the petitioner on a TV debate, then he cannot hear it. The HC chief then has to constitute a new bench,” the CJI talked about.

    The CJI talked about that although the courtroom was not going into the deserves of the case the place the Calcutta HC directed the CBI to probe the place of TMC fundamental secretary Abhishek Banerjee throughout the alleged recruitment rip-off as of now, it was essential to know if the interview was given by the select or not.

    ALSO READ | ‘Acting like political party:’ HC select’s suggestions on Abhishek Banerjee draw TMC flak

    The remarks had been made by the CJI whereas considering a plea filed by TMC fundamental secretary Abhishek Banerjee in direction of the Calcutta HC order directing the CBI and ED to question him over the primary teacher recruitment rip-off.

    Not solely Banerjee nevertheless even the West Bengal authorities approached the Supreme Court in direction of the Calcutta HC’s order directing the CBI to probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment on the ED’s plea. The HC on April 22 after paying attention to the ED’s findings all through its probe throughout the rip-off had directed the CBI to analysis.

    Appearing on behalf of Banerjee, senior lawyer Abhishek Singhvi requested the courtroom to pay attention to the interview given by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to ABP Ananda whereby the select allegedly spoke in direction of Banerjee. “This is a little unprecedented. This is with greatest humility and respect and just not done. This was said in presence of our lawyers. The single judge has not clarified or revoked the statement.”

    Last Monday, the SC had stayed the Calcutta HC’s order directing the CBI and ED to question TMC fundamental secretary Abhishek Banerjee over the rip-off. Singhvi had submitted sooner than the bench that although the writ filed sooner than the HC had nothing to do with Banerjee, the select had nonetheless directed the CBI and EC for questioning him. During the listening to, he had moreover referred to an interview which was given by Justice Gangopadhyay (the select who had handed the order) whereby some statements had been allegedly made by him in direction of Banerjee. He talked about that this was a ground for apprehension of bias.

    NEW DELHI: Judges have no enterprise giving interviews to the media on pending circumstances, CJI DY Chandrachud remarked on Monday as he sought clarification from a sitting select of the Calcutta HC Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay by means of the Registrar General over his interview to a info channel a few case being heard by him.

    “Judges have no business granting interviews to news channels on pending matters. If this is true, he cannot hear this case anymore. If he has done so then he cannot participate anymore. We will not touch the investigation but if a judge gives an opinion on the petitioner on a TV debate, then he cannot hear it. The HC chief then has to constitute a new bench,” the CJI talked about.

    The CJI talked about that although the courtroom was not going into the deserves of the case the place the Calcutta HC directed the CBI to probe the place of TMC fundamental secretary Abhishek Banerjee throughout the alleged recruitment rip-off as of now, it was essential to know if the interview was given by the select or not.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    ALSO READ | ‘Acting like political party:’ HC select’s suggestions on Abhishek Banerjee draw TMC flak

    The remarks had been made by the CJI whereas considering a plea filed by TMC fundamental secretary Abhishek Banerjee in direction of the Calcutta HC order directing the CBI and ED to question him over the primary teacher recruitment rip-off.

    Not solely Banerjee nevertheless even the West Bengal authorities approached the Supreme Court in direction of the Calcutta HC’s order directing the CBI to probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment on the ED’s plea. The HC on April 22 after paying attention to the ED’s findings all through its probe throughout the rip-off had directed the CBI to analysis.

    Appearing on behalf of Banerjee, senior lawyer Abhishek Singhvi requested the courtroom to pay attention to the interview given by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to ABP Ananda whereby the select allegedly spoke in direction of Banerjee. “This is a little unprecedented. This is with greatest humility and respect and just not done. This was said in presence of our lawyers. The single judge has not clarified or revoked the statement.”

    Last Monday, the SC had stayed the Calcutta HC’s order directing the CBI and ED to question TMC fundamental secretary Abhishek Banerjee over the rip-off. Singhvi had submitted sooner than the bench that although the writ filed sooner than the HC had nothing to do with Banerjee, the select had nonetheless directed the CBI and EC for questioning him. During the listening to, he had moreover referred to an interview which was given by Justice Gangopadhyay (the select who had handed the order) whereby some statements had been allegedly made by him in direction of Banerjee. He talked about that this was a ground for apprehension of bias.

  • Bengal school job rip-off: SC stays Calcutta HC order to not to lodge FIRs in the direction of CBI, ED

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Calcutta High Court’s April 13 order directing the West Bengal police to not lodge any FIR in the direction of CBI and Enforcement Directorate officers probing the varsity jobs-for-bribes rip-off.

    A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwalam, which decided to take heed to the plea on April 24, moreover stayed the trail of a single select bench of the extreme courtroom docket that TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee and Kuntal Ghosh, an accused throughout the case, will probably be questioned by the ED and the CBI and such “interrogation should be made soon”.

    “The petition was in the mentioning list. Dr A M Singhvi has adverted to the contents of the order and the directions passed by which the ED and CBI have been directed to file a report with respect to a probe in connection with a public speech by Abhishek Banerjee. List on April 24, 2023. Till the next date of listing, there shall be a stay on all action against petitioner in relation to the directions passed in the impugned order,” the apex courtroom docket ordered.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Calcutta High Court’s April 13 order directing the West Bengal police to not lodge any FIR in the direction of CBI and Enforcement Directorate officers probing the varsity jobs-for-bribes rip-off.

    A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwalam, which decided to take heed to the plea on April 24, moreover stayed the trail of a single select bench of the extreme courtroom docket that TMC chief Abhishek Banerjee and Kuntal Ghosh, an accused throughout the case, will probably be questioned by the ED and the CBI and such “interrogation should be made soon”.

    “The petition was in the mentioning list. Dr A M Singhvi has adverted to the contents of the order and the directions passed by which the ED and CBI have been directed to file a report with respect to a probe in connection with a public speech by Abhishek Banerjee. List on April 24, 2023. Till the next date of listing, there shall be a stay on all action against petitioner in relation to the directions passed in the impugned order,” the apex courtroom docket ordered.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

  • No conferences, processions allowed on points involving contempt of courtroom rule: Calcutta HC

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: A 3-judge particular bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that no conferences, processions be held or placards be displayed at anywhere contained in the courtroom premises and anyplace outdoors until it’s seized of the problems involving contempt of courtroom proceedings over protests outdoors Justice Rajasekhar Mantha’s courtroom.

    Some advocates and different individuals had resorted to protests outdoors Justice Mantha’s courtroom on January 9 over some orders handed by him.

    Derogatory posters have been additionally seen pasted on partitions outdoors his residence in Jodhpur Park space in south Kolkata on the identical day.

    The bench directed the Kolkata Police commissioner to file a report earlier than it mentioning who positioned the orders for printing the posters, the individuals who pasted them, and the printer’s title.

    The bench, comprising justices T S Sivagnanam, I P Mukerji and Chitta Ranjan Dash, directed that the Suo Motu contempt rule issued by Justice Mantha will probably be taken up for listening to once more on February 2.

    Considering the gravity of the problems involved, Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava fashioned the particular bench on January 12 to listen to the Suo Motu rule of contempt issued by Justice Mantha on January 10.

    Registrar basic Chaitali Chatterjee produced earlier than the courtroom a letter from the assistant commissioner of police (High Court), addressed to her, which was given in reply to a communication to the ACP searching for CCTV footage and pictures of January 9, 10 and 11 in entrance of Justice Mantha’s courtroom.

    The letter, CCTV footage and pictures have been submitted to the courtroom.

    Maintaining that the proceedings earlier than it’s that of felony contempt, the bench mentioned, a certificates of authenticity must be given by the police authority as per provisions of the Information Technology Act and the Evidence Act.

    The courtroom directed the issuance of discover to the commissioner of Kolkata Police, the ACP (High Court) and the officer in-charge of Lake police station, inside the precincts of which the Jodhpur Park residence of Justice Mantha is located.

    The Lake police station officer in-charge was directed to submit all information earlier than the police commissioner for him to adjust to the instructions of the courtroom.

    The bench mentioned it requires the help of the Bar Council of India, Bar Council of West Bengal, Bar Association of Calcutta High Court, Bar Library Club and the Incorporated Law Society of the excessive courtroom within the matter.

    Holding that title or names of alleged contemnors are required for the proceedings to advance on this matter, the courtroom mentioned that it’s going to await the appearances of all of the stakeholders and by then the police can provide the certificates as per the IT Act and the Evidence Act.

    The bench additionally famous that one individual has submitted to the registrar basic the names of 12 individuals who have been allegedly current in entrance of Justice Mantha’s courtroom on January 9.

    A Bar Council of India-appointed fact-finding group to look into the alleged indecent incident outdoors the courtroom of Justice Mantha met the registrar basic of the excessive courtroom and the president of the Bar Association right here over the difficulty on Monday.

    The three-member committee didn’t reveal the end result of the conferences to the media stating that the difficulty of alleged unruly protests in entrance of the courtroom of Justice Mantha on January 9 was sub judice since a Suo Motu contempt rule over it’s pending a listening to.

    Issuing the rule of contempt towards some advocates and different individuals who allegedly blocked his courtroom and locked it from outdoors and likewise pasted derogatory posters outdoors his residence, Justice Mantha mentioned that the acts quantity to interference within the administration of justice.

    KOLKATA: A 3-judge particular bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that no conferences, processions be held or placards be displayed at anywhere contained in the courtroom premises and anyplace outdoors until it’s seized of the problems involving contempt of courtroom proceedings over protests outdoors Justice Rajasekhar Mantha’s courtroom.

    Some advocates and different individuals had resorted to protests outdoors Justice Mantha’s courtroom on January 9 over some orders handed by him.

    Derogatory posters have been additionally seen pasted on partitions outdoors his residence in Jodhpur Park space in south Kolkata on the identical day.

    The bench directed the Kolkata Police commissioner to file a report earlier than it mentioning who positioned the orders for printing the posters, the individuals who pasted them, and the printer’s title.

    The bench, comprising justices T S Sivagnanam, I P Mukerji and Chitta Ranjan Dash, directed that the Suo Motu contempt rule issued by Justice Mantha will probably be taken up for listening to once more on February 2.

    Considering the gravity of the problems involved, Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava fashioned the particular bench on January 12 to listen to the Suo Motu rule of contempt issued by Justice Mantha on January 10.

    Registrar basic Chaitali Chatterjee produced earlier than the courtroom a letter from the assistant commissioner of police (High Court), addressed to her, which was given in reply to a communication to the ACP searching for CCTV footage and pictures of January 9, 10 and 11 in entrance of Justice Mantha’s courtroom.

    The letter, CCTV footage and pictures have been submitted to the courtroom.

    Maintaining that the proceedings earlier than it’s that of felony contempt, the bench mentioned, a certificates of authenticity must be given by the police authority as per provisions of the Information Technology Act and the Evidence Act.

    The courtroom directed the issuance of discover to the commissioner of Kolkata Police, the ACP (High Court) and the officer in-charge of Lake police station, inside the precincts of which the Jodhpur Park residence of Justice Mantha is located.

    The Lake police station officer in-charge was directed to submit all information earlier than the police commissioner for him to adjust to the instructions of the courtroom.

    The bench mentioned it requires the help of the Bar Council of India, Bar Council of West Bengal, Bar Association of Calcutta High Court, Bar Library Club and the Incorporated Law Society of the excessive courtroom within the matter.

    Holding that title or names of alleged contemnors are required for the proceedings to advance on this matter, the courtroom mentioned that it’s going to await the appearances of all of the stakeholders and by then the police can provide the certificates as per the IT Act and the Evidence Act.

    The bench additionally famous that one individual has submitted to the registrar basic the names of 12 individuals who have been allegedly current in entrance of Justice Mantha’s courtroom on January 9.

    A Bar Council of India-appointed fact-finding group to look into the alleged indecent incident outdoors the courtroom of Justice Mantha met the registrar basic of the excessive courtroom and the president of the Bar Association right here over the difficulty on Monday.

    The three-member committee didn’t reveal the end result of the conferences to the media stating that the difficulty of alleged unruly protests in entrance of the courtroom of Justice Mantha on January 9 was sub judice since a Suo Motu contempt rule over it’s pending a listening to.

    Issuing the rule of contempt towards some advocates and different individuals who allegedly blocked his courtroom and locked it from outdoors and likewise pasted derogatory posters outdoors his residence, Justice Mantha mentioned that the acts quantity to interference within the administration of justice.

  • School appointment row: HC asks Anubrata Mondal’s daughter, 5 others to look earlier than it

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Sukanya Mondal, daughter of arrested TMC chief Anubrata Mondal, to look earlier than it on Thursday in reference to an allegation that she and 5 others have been appointed in major colleges with out having cleared Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET).

    The petitioner has alleged that some individuals intently associated to Anubrata Mondal, who can also be the chairman of West Bengal Rural Development Authority, have been given jobs as academics, together with Sukanya, who by no means visited Kalikapur Primary School in Birbhum, the place she was employed.

    In the affidavit, the petitioner claimed that the college attendance register was despatched to Sukanya’s residence for her signature.

    Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed six individuals named within the affidavit to look personally on Thursday earlier than the courtroom with their TET certificates and their appointment letter.

    “If anybody fails to appear, as has been directed above, the court will not hesitate to take harsh steps against them,” he directed.

    Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier ordered CBI investigation in various circumstances of alleged irregularities in appointment of instructing and non-teaching workers in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided colleges within the state.

    Mondal was arrested by the CBI final week in a cattle smuggling case.

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Sukanya Mondal, daughter of arrested TMC chief Anubrata Mondal, to look earlier than it on Thursday in reference to an allegation that she and 5 others have been appointed in major colleges with out having cleared Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET).

    The petitioner has alleged that some individuals intently associated to Anubrata Mondal, who can also be the chairman of West Bengal Rural Development Authority, have been given jobs as academics, together with Sukanya, who by no means visited Kalikapur Primary School in Birbhum, the place she was employed.

    In the affidavit, the petitioner claimed that the college attendance register was despatched to Sukanya’s residence for her signature.

    Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed six individuals named within the affidavit to look personally on Thursday earlier than the courtroom with their TET certificates and their appointment letter.

    “If anybody fails to appear, as has been directed above, the court will not hesitate to take harsh steps against them,” he directed.

    Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier ordered CBI investigation in various circumstances of alleged irregularities in appointment of instructing and non-teaching workers in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided colleges within the state.

    Mondal was arrested by the CBI final week in a cattle smuggling case.

  • Cash seizure case: Calcutta HC grants interim bail to three suspended Jharkhand Congress MLAs

    Express News Service

    RANCHI: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to all 5 individuals, together with 3 suspended Congress MLAs — Irfan Ansari, Naman Bixal Kongari and Rajesh Kachhap — arrested by West Bengal Police on July 30 in reference to money seizure case.

    While granting bail, the double bench of the courtroom additionally directed them to not depart Kolkata for the subsequent three months and requested them to make sure that they seem earlier than the investigative officer of the case each week.

    The courtroom has additionally directed them to furnish bail bond of Rs 1 lakh every. Meanwhile, the courtroom ordered to switch the case to the MP-MLA courtroom for conducting the trial.

    A complete of 5 individuals, together with the three MLAs, have been arrested by West Bengal Police on July 30 together with Rs 49 Lakh money, allegedly for his or her involvement in hatching conspiracy to topple Hemant Soren Government in Jharkhand.

    A day after the three Congress MLAs have been nabbed with money of their car by West Bengal Police, Bormo MLA Kumar Jaimangal lodged an FIR towards them for making makes an attempt to topple Hemant Soren Government in Jharkhand which got here into energy with thumping majority. Jaimangal in his FIR additionally alleged that he was additionally supplied gratification together with a particular ministerial berth to topple the current alliance authorities of JMM, Congress and RJD.

    Jaimangal additional alleged that the MLAs have been supplied Rs 10 crore every for switching sides.

    According to Jaimangal, Irfan Ansari and Rajesh Kacchap needed him to come back to Kolkata after which to Gauhati, the place, they may make him meet Assam Chief Minister Hemant Biswa Sarma, who will give assurance with a particular ministerial berth other than the cash. Ansari advised Jaimangal that he has already been promised Health Ministry within the new authorities, said Bermo MLA in his FIR.

    RANCHI: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to all 5 individuals, together with 3 suspended Congress MLAs — Irfan Ansari, Naman Bixal Kongari and Rajesh Kachhap — arrested by West Bengal Police on July 30 in reference to money seizure case.

    While granting bail, the double bench of the courtroom additionally directed them to not depart Kolkata for the subsequent three months and requested them to make sure that they seem earlier than the investigative officer of the case each week.

    The courtroom has additionally directed them to furnish bail bond of Rs 1 lakh every. Meanwhile, the courtroom ordered to switch the case to the MP-MLA courtroom for conducting the trial.

    A complete of 5 individuals, together with the three MLAs, have been arrested by West Bengal Police on July 30 together with Rs 49 Lakh money, allegedly for his or her involvement in hatching conspiracy to topple Hemant Soren Government in Jharkhand.

    A day after the three Congress MLAs have been nabbed with money of their car by West Bengal Police, Bormo MLA Kumar Jaimangal lodged an FIR towards them for making makes an attempt to topple Hemant Soren Government in Jharkhand which got here into energy with thumping majority. Jaimangal in his FIR additionally alleged that he was additionally supplied gratification together with a particular ministerial berth to topple the current alliance authorities of JMM, Congress and RJD.

    Jaimangal additional alleged that the MLAs have been supplied Rs 10 crore every for switching sides.

    According to Jaimangal, Irfan Ansari and Rajesh Kacchap needed him to come back to Kolkata after which to Gauhati, the place, they may make him meet Assam Chief Minister Hemant Biswa Sarma, who will give assurance with a particular ministerial berth other than the cash. Ansari advised Jaimangal that he has already been promised Health Ministry within the new authorities, said Bermo MLA in his FIR.

  • HC asks ED to take Bengal min to AIIMS Bhubaneswar; TMC calls for time-bound probe

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Sunday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in reference to the varsity jobs rip-off, to AIIMS Bhubaneswar early on Monday by air ambulance.

    The court docket directed that the minister be produced earlier than a particular ED court docket in Kolkata by means of digital mode at 4 pm on Monday.

    TMC, alternatively, demanded a time-bound probe within the ED case in opposition to Chatterjee, asserting the get together is not going to intrude politically if any chief has completed something fallacious.

    ED additionally produced the senior TMC chief’s affiliate Arpita Mukherjee earlier than a court docket, which remanded her to one-day custody of the company.

    ED personnel raided a number of places within the state on July 22 as a part of their probe into the cash path concerned in a trainer recruitment rip-off at government-sponsored and aided faculties.

    Crores of rupees in money together with different objects have been allegedly recovered from Mukherjee’s residence, sources stated. PTI couldn’t independently confirm the knowledge.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been arrested as a part of ED’s investigation into the rip-off.

    After listening to pleadings in a revision software moved by the ED difficult a decrease court docket order sending Chatterjee to state-run SSKM Hospital after his legal professionals claimed he was ailing, Justice Chaudhuri directed, “The investigating agency is directed to take the accused by air ambulance to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar in the early morning on 25th July, 2022.”

    He directed that the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar authority will medically look at the accused by a group of specialist medical doctors of cardiology, nephrology, respiratory medicines and endocrinology.

    ED moved the excessive court docket difficult Bankshall Court order which directed that Chatterjee, who complained of uneasiness after his arrested, be admitted to SSKM Hospital.

    The central company additionally claimed that the decrease court docket can direct satisfactory remedy of an individual however can not specify a selected facility. The ED moved a revision petition earlier than the excessive court docket and sought permission for an pressing listening to through the day.

    The decrease court docket on Saturday remanded Chatterjee to 2 days’ ED custody whereas sending him to the hospital on a prayer by his legal professionals that he was unwell and wanted medical remedy. Counsels for the ED claimed that Chatterjee, a senior minister within the state, is an influential particular person and as such shouldn’t be saved in a state-run hospital.

    Chatterjee’s legal professionals opposed the prayer and stated his remedy was being completed appropriately at SSKM hospital. The ED steered that Chatterjee will be handled at an AIIMS hospital which has an excellent healthcare infrastructure.

    Meanwhile, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated the get together has no reference to Mukherjee, in whose flat an enormous amount of money was allegedly discovered. “The party demands time-bound investigation in the case,” he stated, sustaining that investigations by central companies in some instances have been happening for a few years.

    The CBI has been investigating the multi-crore Saradha chit fund case since 2014, whereas the Narada tapes case, which unfolded forward of 2016 elections, was additionally but to succeed in any conclusion. “Law will take its own course; the Trinamool Congress will not interfere, however big a leader gets involved in it,” Ghosh stated.

    Mukherjee, who was arrested on Saturday after grilling for a number of hours at her posh condominium block in south Kolkata, was produced earlier than a court docket.

    Metropolitan Magistrate Namrata Singh, answerable for the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court docket, directed that Mukherjee be produced earlier than the designated ED court docket on Monday. ED counsels, together with Abhijit Bhadra, had prayed for 14 days’ custody of Mukherjee.

    KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Sunday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in reference to the varsity jobs rip-off, to AIIMS Bhubaneswar early on Monday by air ambulance.

    The court docket directed that the minister be produced earlier than a particular ED court docket in Kolkata by means of digital mode at 4 pm on Monday.

    TMC, alternatively, demanded a time-bound probe within the ED case in opposition to Chatterjee, asserting the get together is not going to intrude politically if any chief has completed something fallacious.

    ED additionally produced the senior TMC chief’s affiliate Arpita Mukherjee earlier than a court docket, which remanded her to one-day custody of the company.

    ED personnel raided a number of places within the state on July 22 as a part of their probe into the cash path concerned in a trainer recruitment rip-off at government-sponsored and aided faculties.

    Crores of rupees in money together with different objects have been allegedly recovered from Mukherjee’s residence, sources stated. PTI couldn’t independently confirm the knowledge.

    Chatterjee and Mukherjee have been arrested as a part of ED’s investigation into the rip-off.

    After listening to pleadings in a revision software moved by the ED difficult a decrease court docket order sending Chatterjee to state-run SSKM Hospital after his legal professionals claimed he was ailing, Justice Chaudhuri directed, “The investigating agency is directed to take the accused by air ambulance to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar in the early morning on 25th July, 2022.”

    He directed that the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar authority will medically look at the accused by a group of specialist medical doctors of cardiology, nephrology, respiratory medicines and endocrinology.

    ED moved the excessive court docket difficult Bankshall Court order which directed that Chatterjee, who complained of uneasiness after his arrested, be admitted to SSKM Hospital.

    The central company additionally claimed that the decrease court docket can direct satisfactory remedy of an individual however can not specify a selected facility. The ED moved a revision petition earlier than the excessive court docket and sought permission for an pressing listening to through the day.

    The decrease court docket on Saturday remanded Chatterjee to 2 days’ ED custody whereas sending him to the hospital on a prayer by his legal professionals that he was unwell and wanted medical remedy. Counsels for the ED claimed that Chatterjee, a senior minister within the state, is an influential particular person and as such shouldn’t be saved in a state-run hospital.

    Chatterjee’s legal professionals opposed the prayer and stated his remedy was being completed appropriately at SSKM hospital. The ED steered that Chatterjee will be handled at an AIIMS hospital which has an excellent healthcare infrastructure.

    Meanwhile, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh stated the get together has no reference to Mukherjee, in whose flat an enormous amount of money was allegedly discovered. “The party demands time-bound investigation in the case,” he stated, sustaining that investigations by central companies in some instances have been happening for a few years.

    The CBI has been investigating the multi-crore Saradha chit fund case since 2014, whereas the Narada tapes case, which unfolded forward of 2016 elections, was additionally but to succeed in any conclusion. “Law will take its own course; the Trinamool Congress will not interfere, however big a leader gets involved in it,” Ghosh stated.

    Mukherjee, who was arrested on Saturday after grilling for a number of hours at her posh condominium block in south Kolkata, was produced earlier than a court docket.

    Metropolitan Magistrate Namrata Singh, answerable for the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court docket, directed that Mukherjee be produced earlier than the designated ED court docket on Monday. ED counsels, together with Abhijit Bhadra, had prayed for 14 days’ custody of Mukherjee.