West Bengal School Staff Recruitment Scam : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

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19 Dec 2024 10:41 AM IST

  • West Bengal School Staff Recruitment Scam : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
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    The Supreme Court is hearing the appeals filed by the State of West Bengal and certain private individuals challenging the decision of the Calcutta High Court to set aside the appointments of nearly 25,000 school staff.

    The High Court quashed the appointments on the ground that they were illegal. The Court also issued direction to the CBI to investigate into the recruitment scam.

    The Supreme Court earlier observed that it will see if the untainted appointments can be segregated instead of quashing the entire recruitments.

    A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar is hearing the matter.

    Live Updates

    • 19 Dec 2024 3:07 PM IST

      Another Counsel (for the allegedly tainted): the OMR sheets found from Pankaj Bansal are not ours

    • 19 Dec 2024 2:54 PM IST

      Nandy: across the board, it is admitted that there are generational losses....for examples - when in 2019/2018 when we converted the word to PDF there would be errors

      Nandy (for assistant teachers) : as per the order there are 3 types of tainted, based on different kinds of evidence, I am in third category where OMRs are challenged

    • 19 Dec 2024 2:52 PM IST

      Sr Adv Karuna Nandy: it is not the hash value of each of the OMRs compared

      CJI: what they have done is that they compared the hash value of the two harddrives

    • 19 Dec 2024 2:36 PM IST

      Patwalia: SSC in proceedings have recorded that all actual sheets are destroyed

      CJI: you want us to believe your argument?

    • 19 Dec 2024 2:29 PM IST

      Sr Adv Patwalia for affected candidates: according to me, the affidavit of the board can't be relied upon, every authority is relying upon the information of that Gentleman (Pankaj Bansal) who says 'as per my knowledge'

    • 19 Dec 2024 2:19 PM IST

      Counsel : we have written the exam, got good marks, now we are being thrown out without any evidence

    • 19 Dec 2024 2:18 PM IST

      Counsel : mylords keep repeating everyday that everyone should be given an opportunity, here I am saying that there is no material to indicate that there are tainted results

      CJI: the SSC, board also admit there is wrong doing, the CBI is also saying there is wrong doing, we are going by preponderance

    • 19 Dec 2024 2:14 PM IST

      matter resumes

    • 19 Dec 2024 12:49 PM IST

      Counsel: today prosecution has been initiated, today the conclusion arrived that cannot be substantiated by the evidence, kindly await the prosecution , pls do not uphold the decision

    • 19 Dec 2024 12:43 PM IST

      Counsel for Group C-D appears (where tainted candidates percentage is higher)

      CJI: I don't know whether daal mein kaala hai yaan sab kuch hi kaala hai! ( Don't of there's a black spot in lentils or its in fact black lentils!)

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