In a rare sitting held at 8 pm on Friday, the Supreme Court stayed Calcutta High Court Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay s unusual order directing the Supreme Court secretary general to produce before him the transcript of his interview given to a news channel by midnight.
The Calcutta High Court judge, who is facing Supreme Court rap, has always spoken his mind; his push and prod behind the action in the state teachers’ recruitment scam.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that judges have no business giving interviews to news channels on matters pending before them. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha came down heavily upon a sitting Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay for giving interview to a news channel in connection with Trinamool Congress leader
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a report within four days from the Registrar General of the Calcutta High Court whether Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay gave an interview to a news channel about the pending case related to Bengal jobs scam case.
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.