In Bengal Job Scam Case, Unprecedented Move By Calcutta High Court
NDTV
A single-judge bench comprising of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has been hearing matters related to the alleged teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal.
The Calcutta High Court, in an unprecedented move, ordered for the reconstitution of the special investigation team (SIT) of the CBI probing the alleged teachers' scam. The court also pulled up the CBI for the delay in probe.
A single-judge bench comprising of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has been hearing matters related to the alleged teachers' recruitment scam in West Bengal, where job seekers claiming to be meritorious candidates allege teachers' jobs that should have rightfully been theirs, have been given to undeserving candidates in exchange for bribes.
In an unusual move, the court asked the Assistant Solicitor General (ASG) appearing for the CBI to come up with three names of the DIG rank officers at the court hearing so that the court could choose from the list of officers to reconstitute the SIT probing the alleged teachers' recruitment scam.
As the officer present in court on behalf of the CBI or the ASG could not do that without instructions and the ASG expressed his inability to do so without instructions, the court went ahead and ordered the repatriation of Akhilesh Singh, a senior CBI officer who had earlier been transferred.
