Plea In Calcutta High Court Seeks Action Against CM Mamata Banerjee For Saying HC Had Been 'Purchased', Judges Are Biased

On Thursday, Senior Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya mentioned before the Calcutta High Court, praying for it to take suo moto cognizance of remarks allegedly made by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, calling High Court judges biased, and stating that the 'HC had been purchased.'

These remarks came in the aftermath of a ruling which invalidated almost 24,000 teaching and non-teaching jobs which were a part of the infamous cash-for-jobs scam.

The plea was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya.

This is criminal contempt, I am submitting the newspaper reports. I am praying this is taken cognisance of since the AG will not give consent. She is saying the entire HC has been sold. We do cases with a lot of difficulties. Judges hear us at great length and then passed orders. She has said court has been purchased, judges are biased. Everyone is laughing at us, this has put us into ridicule. These are persistent attempts just to ridicule the HC, the counsel stated.

Bhattacharya also submitted newspaper clippings from both regional and English newspapers which had covered the CM's remarks. It was stated that the court would have to take suo moto cognizance since the AG would not grant consent to proceed against the CM.

Another plea was also filed challenging the same remarks made by the CM as well.

Accordingly, the Court has directed for affidavits to be filed in the matter, and has listed it for hearing.