Kolkata, 28 April, (IANS): Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court vowed on Friday night that he’ll proceed to be vocal towards corruption within the coming days. Gangopadhyay`s comment got here after the Supreme Court on Friday requested the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice to remove Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee`s case from the court docket of Justice Gangopadhyay, and assign it to another decide. The prime court docket handed he route primarily based on its evaluation of the transcript of an interview which Gangopadhyay gave to a Bengali information channel in September final 12 months.
“As long as I operate as a judge, I will always be vocal against corruption. Even when I am not working as a judge, then also I will be vocal against corruption. But all of us will have to accept the decision of the Supreme Court,” Gangopadhyay mentioned whereas leaving the court docket premises late on Friday night.
Just half-an-hour earlier than that, the Supreme Court in a late night listening to stayed the order handed by him directing the apex court docket`s Secretary General to provide the report and official transcript of the interview he had given to a information channel.
While admitting that at this second, solely two circumstances associated to the recruitment rip-off have been transferred from this bench, Justice Gangopadhyay expressed apprehension that the remaining circumstances may also be transferred from his bench on comparable grounds.
“Everyone has his own style of functioning. My style is different from others. If a process is completed in six months under my jurisdiction, the same might take seven years to complete in the future. In that case, neither I, nor the Supreme Court will have anything to say. All I can say is `long live Supreme Court`,” Justice Gangopadhyay mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that it’s the obligation of each individual to comply with the directives of the Supreme Court.
“Some might be sad. But there is no option but to follow the directive of the Supreme Court. This applies to all,” he mentioned.
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Earlier through the day, the highest court docket requested the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court to assign the recruitment rip-off in authorities faculties in West Bengal to another decide, as an alternative of Justice Gangopadhyay, who heard the matter to date, after contemplating his interview to a information channel. The prime court docket handed the order on a plea by Trinamool Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee towards the High Court`s order permitting his questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Within hours of the highest court docket`s order, Justice Gangopadhyay himself registered a case as “In Re: The Court on its own motion” and directed the apex court docket`s Secretary General to provide earlier than him transcripts of the interpretation of his interview to a TV channel furnished earlier than the highest court docket.
Following this, a bench of Justices Bopanna and Kohli thought of the matter in a particular sitting after 8 p.m. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned it’s unlucky that this order was handed and requested the apex court docket to remain the order.
On April 24, the highest court docket mentioned that judges don’t have any enterprise granting interviews to information channels on issues pending earlier than them.
The court docket took sturdy exception to sitting Calcutta High Court decide Justice Gangopadhyay`s interview to a information channel in reference to Abhishek Banerjee, whilst a case regarding Banerjee was being heard by him.
The bench mentioned: “Judges have no business granting interviews to television or whatever channels on matters which are pending before them… how can they, given an interview.”
