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SC transfers Calcutta HC proceedings arising out of order by single bench staying division bench order

By LAWSTREET NEWS NETWORK      29 January, 2024 06:44 PM      0 Comments
SC transfers Calcutta HC proceedings arising out of order by single bench staying division bench order

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday transferred to itself a case from Calcutta High Court in which a single judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay declared a division bench's order as illegal.

The division bench had stayed the CBI probe into alleged fake SC/ST certificates used for admission to MBBS admission in the state.

A five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud directed the West Bengal government to file status of the probe launched by the state police as the state government claimed as many as 10 FIRs had been registered out of 14 fake certificates.

"We will transfer the proceedings in writ petition and Letter Patent Appeal to this court," the bench, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, said.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the West Bengal government, contended the single judge continued to take up these matters and he would do so in future. "What should we do now," he asked.

"Let us not cast aspersion, after all we are dealing with a High Court judge, anything we say here should not impinge upon dignity of the High Court," the bench observed.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Union government, claimed there are shocking facts in the matter which would be brought before this court.

Senior A M Singhvi, representing TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, contended the Supreme Court's caution while withdrawing a recruitment scam case from Justice Gangopadhyay's court earlier did not have the desired effect and he continued to make observations.

"Let's not arrogate to ourselves the power of the HC, Chief Justice is in charge," the bench said.

Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for an ST/ST association, contended out of 52 certificates, 14 were found as fake.

Sibal said so far 10 FIRs have been lodged by the state police in 14 cases.

The court asked all the parties to file their pleadings within three weeks.

"We want to know the status of probe conducted in FIRs," the bench told the state counsel.

Acting suo motu, the top court had on Saturday stayed the proceedings before the High Court.

The unusual development in Calcutta High Court took place on January 25, a day after the division bench had stayed Justice Gangopadhyay's direction for a CBI probe into irregularities into MBBS admissions in West Bengal.

On January 26, the Supreme Court had registered the suo motu case as 'In Re: Orders of Calcutta High Court Dated 24.01.2024 and 25.01.2024 and Ancillary Issues'.

In the order on January 25, Justice Gangopadhyay had termed the division bench order as illegal since there was no memorandum of appeal. The division bench was headed by Justice Soumen Sen and also comprised by Justice Uday Kumar.



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