WBSSC rip-off: SC stays Calcutta HC order for CBI probe | India Information
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Courtroom on Friday stayed a Calcutta Excessive Courtroom division bench order, which upheld a single-judge’s course for a CBI probe into the multi-crore West Bengal Faculty Service Fee (WBSSC) recruitment rip-off.
Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, representing the West Bengal authorities, talked about the matter earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that earlier this week a single-judge of the excessive courtroom had prima facie held that the applying filed by the fee was a benami software and sought to know who drafted the identical.
Singhvi contended that the secretary of the training division has been summoned by the excessive courtroom for examination. He added that the one bench of excessive courtroom directed the CBI probe to search out out whose brainchild was the applying and who was pulling the strings.
The bench, additionally comprising Justice Hima Kohli, was knowledgeable that although the fee sought liberty to withdraw the petition, nonetheless, the excessive courtroom didn’t allow it, and ordered a CBI probe on the origins of the applying.
After listening to Singhvi’s submissions, the highest courtroom stayed the excessive courtroom order directing CBI investigation into who was mind behind the fee’s software in search of to guard companies of illegally appointed candidates by creating supernumerary posts.
The highest courtroom additionally stayed the excessive courtroom order directing the non-public look of West Bengal principal secretary Manish Jain.
The only decide bench of the Excessive Courtroom had directed the CBI to submit a report throughout the subsequent seven days, to determine on the subsequent plan of action and the Principal Secretary of West Bengal was additionally requested to seem in courtroom. The state authorities challenged this order earlier than the division bench of the excessive courtroom, which upheld the single-judge with regard to the contemporary CBI probe. The West Bengal authorities moved the apex courtroom difficult this order.
Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, representing the West Bengal authorities, talked about the matter earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that earlier this week a single-judge of the excessive courtroom had prima facie held that the applying filed by the fee was a benami software and sought to know who drafted the identical.
Singhvi contended that the secretary of the training division has been summoned by the excessive courtroom for examination. He added that the one bench of excessive courtroom directed the CBI probe to search out out whose brainchild was the applying and who was pulling the strings.
The bench, additionally comprising Justice Hima Kohli, was knowledgeable that although the fee sought liberty to withdraw the petition, nonetheless, the excessive courtroom didn’t allow it, and ordered a CBI probe on the origins of the applying.
After listening to Singhvi’s submissions, the highest courtroom stayed the excessive courtroom order directing CBI investigation into who was mind behind the fee’s software in search of to guard companies of illegally appointed candidates by creating supernumerary posts.
The highest courtroom additionally stayed the excessive courtroom order directing the non-public look of West Bengal principal secretary Manish Jain.
The only decide bench of the Excessive Courtroom had directed the CBI to submit a report throughout the subsequent seven days, to determine on the subsequent plan of action and the Principal Secretary of West Bengal was additionally requested to seem in courtroom. The state authorities challenged this order earlier than the division bench of the excessive courtroom, which upheld the single-judge with regard to the contemporary CBI probe. The West Bengal authorities moved the apex courtroom difficult this order.
