Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on January 27 stayed Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s order seeking a CBI probe into medical admissions in Bengal. The matter is about alleged irregularities in the issuance of reserved category certificates and admission of MBBS candidates in state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal.
In an unprecedented instance, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay accused his colleague, Justice Soumen Sen who presided over a division bench that stayed a single-judge order for a CBI probe into medical admission irregularities, of working for a political party.
A five-judge constitution bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose heard the matter today. The bench issued a notice to the West Bengal government and the original petitioner in the case.
It also stayed the orders passed by the single-judge bench and the division bench in the matter.
“We will take this up on Monday, took this up now to pass this order. We have taken charge now,” the bench said.
