In a special sitting convened quickly at 8 p.m. on April 28, the Supreme Court stayed a Calcutta High Court judge’s order to place before him, by midnight, documents based on which the apex court earlier in the day had reassigned a case from him.
A Special Bench of Justices A.S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli agreed with Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was asked to assist the court, that Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay “ought not to have passed the order” keeping in view judicial discipline.
The case in question concerns the sensational and politically sensitive West Bengal school job-for-bribe scam case. The case is under investigation by the CBI and the ED. The role of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee is under probe.
