Supreme Court Takes Over Bengal Case After Judge vs Judge In High Court
NDTV
A five-judge Constitution bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, has directed the completion of pleadings within three weeks.
The Supreme Court today decided to transfer all proceedings related to alleged irregularities in issuing Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) certificates in West Bengal from the Calcutta High Court to itself. The decision was made during a hearing in which the top court asked the West Bengal government to submit an affidavit detailing the current status of the investigation into these cases.
A five-judge Constitution bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, has directed the completion of pleadings within three weeks.
The decision comes in the wake of a dispute between two benches of the Calcutta High Court, primarily centered around the demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the purported irregularities in the issuance of caste certificates for candidates seeking reserved category seats.
