Judge Has No Business Giving Interviews On Pending Cases: Supreme Court
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The top court said it's order will not come in the way of the ongoing investigation by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged scam.
Observing that judges have no business granting interviews on pending matters, the Supreme Court on Monday sought a report within four days from the Registrar General of the Calcutta High Court on whether Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay gave an interview to a news channel about the case related to the school job-for-bribe case in West Bengal.
"I just want to say it that judges have no business granting interviews on matters which are pending," Chief Justice D Y Chandachud, sharing a bench with Justice P S Narasimha, said while taking strong note of the purported interview given by Justice Gangopadhyay to a news channel about the case.
"The petitioner (TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee) has annexed a translated transcript of an interview of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on a TV Channel ABP Ananda. The Registrar General of Calcutta High Court is directed to clarify from the judge as to whether he had been interviewed by... of the news channel. The Registrar General is directed to file his affidavit before this court on or before Thursday. We will list it on Friday," the bench said.
The top court said it's order will not come in the way of the ongoing investigation by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged scam.
