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HC allows West Bengal primary education board to challenge order cancelling 36,000 appointments

The Calcutta High Court on May 15, 2023 granted permission to the West Bengal Board of Primary Education to file an appeal against an order that cancelled the appointment of around 36,000 primary teachers in State government-sponsored and -aided schools

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A different Calcutta HC Judge but orders relating to West Bengal job scam remain the same

Justice Sinha was hearing the matter titled State of West Bengal vs Soumen Nandy.

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Calcutta HC sets aside recruitment of 36,000 primary school teachers in WB

The court directed that the State government would have to start and complete the recruitment process within the next three months.

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Calcutta HC to hear Abhishek Banerjee‘s application in teacher recruitment case on May 15

The Calcutta High Court on May 12 said it will hear on Monday next an application by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in a teacher recruitment case by one Soumen Nandy, in which a judge had directed the CBI to not keep a public speech by him outside the ambit of…

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Calcutta HC reassigns two matters of school jobs scam to another Judge

Two matters — Soumen Nandy vs State of West Bengal and Ramesh Malik vs State of West Bengal — have been reassigned to the court of Justice Amrita Sinha.

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Trinamool grappling with repeated Calcutta HC orders of probe by central agencies in West Bengal

The developments centering cases relating to West Bengal school job scam has brought the focus on the repeated directions by the Calcutta High Court ordering investigation by central agencies in scams, irregularities and incidents of violence in the State

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Abhijit Gangopadhyay: a judge who follows his own style in justice delivery

Justice Gangopadhyay is not only popular in political circles, recently posters hailing his Bengali pride were put up by citizen’s associations in different parts of Kolkata

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School job-for-bribe scam | Supreme Court stays Calcutta High Court judge’s order

The Supreme Court on April 28 directed the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to reassign proceedings in the West Bengal school job-for-bribe scandal from Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to another High Court judge.

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SC seeks report from Calcutta HC on judge giving TV interview about pending case

On April 17, the top court had stayed the Calcutta High Court’s April 13 order directing the CBI and the ED to interrogate TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee and Kuntal Ghosh, an accused in the case, and file a report based on that.

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Calcutta HC directs CBI probe in tampering of OMR sheets in TET examination

Former Primary Education Board president told to appear before CBI

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A judge at the centre of political debate in Bengal

Will stand by orders in recruitment scam because ‘corruption has destroyed India’, says judge

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Arrested TMC leader claims his daughter cleared school recruitment exam

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HC: Allow School Service Commission access to data room, submit State Level Selection Test breakup

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed CBI, investigating irregularities in teacher appointments, to throw open the doors of West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) data room, now in the agency’s control, by June 30 to enable access to SSC.

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Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into 'illegal' appointments of primary teachers in Bengal schools

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had directed the CBI to investigate at least 10 cases of alleged illegalities in the appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff.

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West Bengal: ‘Paresh Adhikary sent email to CBI seeking time’

KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday questioned minister of state for education Paresh Adhikary for nearly three hours, 36 hours since he went missing en route to Kolkata from north Bengal after Tuesday’s Calcutta High Court order to appear before the agency in connection with an alleged irregularity in a school…

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CBI registers FIR against Bengal minister in teacher recruitment scam

The central investigation agency questions Trinamool Congress leaders on admission irregularities, cattle smuggling

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West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee appears before CBI in recruitment scam

Partha Chatterjee was the State Education Minister when the alleged appointments were made

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SSC scam | Calcutta High Court refuses to hear Minister’s plea seeking stay on Order to appear before CBI

The division Bench refused to hear the plea, saying that since the appeal has not been affirmed or filed in the registry of the court, it cannot hear the prayer

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Governor seeks meeting with Mamata to discuss HC lawyers’ protest

On Wednesday, lawyers supporting Trinamool Congress blocked gate of Court Number 17 where Justice Gangopadhyay was presiding

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Probe recruitment of teachers, Calcutta HC directs CBI

Agency has free hand to interrogate anyone, says judge

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West Bengal SSC recruitment scam roils Calcutta HC

Several division benches recuse themsleves from hearing plea amid on-going CBI probe

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Calcutta HC judge questions division bench stay on his orders

KOLKATA: A Calcutta High Court judge on Wednesday complained about a series of stay orders by a division bench on his orders relating to alleged irregularities in recruitment of teachers in state-run schools.

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