Kolkata, April 28, (IANS) | Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court on Friday evening resolved that he would be vocal against corruption in the days to come. Gangopadhyay’s remarks came after the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to transfer Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s case from the court of Justice Gangopadhyay and assign it to another judge. The apex court gave the direction based on an analysis of the transcript of an interview given by Gangopadhyay to a Bengali news channel in September last year.
“As long as I work as a judge, I will always be vocal against corruption. Even when I am not working as a judge, I will be vocal against corruption. But we Everyone has to accept the Supreme’s decision.” Court,” Gangopadhyay said while walking out of the court premises late on Friday evening.
Just half an hour earlier, the Supreme Court, in a late evening hearing, stayed the order passed by him, directing the secretary general of the apex court to produce the official transcript and report of the interview given by him to a news channel Was.
Justice Gangopadhyay, while acknowledging that at present only two cases related to the recruitment scam have been transferred from this bench, expressed apprehension that the remaining cases may also be transferred from his bench on similar grounds.
“Everyone has their own style of working. My style is different from others. If a process is completed in six months in my jurisdiction, it may take seven years to complete in future. In that case “Neither I nor the Supreme Court will have anything to say to the Court. All I can say is ‘Long live the Supreme Court’.”
He also said that it is the duty of every person to follow the directions of the Supreme Court.
“Some people may be unhappy. But there is no option but to follow the Supreme Court’s direction. It applies to all,” he said.
SC Transfer Recruitment Scam Case
Earlier during the day, the apex court asked the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to refer the recruitment scam in government schools in West Bengal to some other judge instead of Justice Gangopadhyay, who had so far heard the case. News Channel. The top court passed the order on Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s plea against the High Court order allowing questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Within hours of the apex court’s order, Justice Gangopadhyay himself filed a case as “In Re: The Court on Its Motion” and directed the secretary general of the apex court to produce the transcript of his interview translation. TV channel submitted before the apex court.
Subsequently, a bench comprising Justices Bopanna and Kohli considered the matter in a special sitting after 8 pm, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said it was unfortunate that this order was passed and asked the apex court to stay the order .
On April 24, the apex court said that judges have no authority to give interviews to news channels on matters pending with them.
The court took strong objection to the interview given by Calcutta High Court judge Justice Gangopadhyay to a news channel regarding Abhishek Banerjee, even as a case related to Banerjee was being heard by him.
The bench said: “Judges have no right to give interviews to television or any channel on matters which are pending with them…how can they give interviews.”