Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Re-Assigns Cases On Primary Education Which Were To Be Heard By Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay

Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam has reassigned all cases under Article 226 relating to primary education under Group-II, which were to be heard by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay to the bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha.

This development comes in the wake of substantial controversy last week, when Justice Gangopadhyay ignored a division bench's stay order on his direction for a CBI probe, leading to the Supreme Court taking suo moto cognizance, staying the orders, and transferring the case to itself.

At the Supreme Court hearing, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal had raised a question before the CJI-led five-judge bench, stating that, "the judge (Justice Gangopadhyay) continues to take these matters now, in future he will do the same thing. What should be done?"

On that occasion, CJI DY Chandrachud had asked the counsels to refrain from casting aspersions on a sitting judge of the High Court and stated that, "it is the Chief Justice of the High Court who is assigning cases, let's not arrogate his powers."

Per the latest assignment order, Justice Gangopadhyay has been assigned determination over Labour and Industrial Legislations under Group-III applications. 

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