Senior Advocate and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Rajya Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court in search of contempt proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her feedback at a public occasion wherein she requested the judiciary to not terminate the jobs secured through the recruitment rip-off utilizing unlawful means.
Mr. Bhattacharya mentioned earlier than a Division Bench of Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmoy Bhattacharya that suo motu contempt against Ms. Banerjee be initiated. The Bench requested Mr. Bhattacharya to file an affidavit within the matter earlier than the courtroom by Thursday, following which the courtroom would resolve whether or not the contempt petition could be allowed or not.
According to the advocate, the remarks made by the Chief Minister amounted to direct interference with the method of administration of justice. “The matter is still undergoing the judicial process. In such a situation, such a comment by the Chief Minister from a public programme was unwarranted and tantamount to contempt of court,” Mr. Bhattacharya added.
Participating in an occasion organised by the Alipore Bar Association, the Chief Minister mentioned on Tuesday: “Please do not take away jobs at the drop of the hat. This is not politics.” Ms. Banerjee urged that the jobs the place providers had been terminated within the recruitment rip-off needs to be given again legally “If required, they can appear in the examination again. Or the court can make some arrangements,” she mentioned. Her remarks have been criticised by her political opponents, who alleged that she was attempting to encourage “illegality and corruption” with such remarks.
More than 4,000 individuals have lost their jobs as a result of irregularities within the strategy of their appointment have been revealed through the ongoing investigation into the West Bengal recruitment rip-off. Some of those that lost their jobs have appealed earlier than a Division Bench of the High Court. The recruitment rip-off wherein over dozen of officers, together with Trinamool Congress functionaries, are behind bars has rocked the politics of the State.
