West Bengal fake caste certificates controversy: SC bench to hear conflict between Calcutta HC judges on Saturday

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Also Read: Bharat Jodo Yatra faced problems in Assam, now in Bengal': Congress complains of hurdles in organising gatherings in WB The other four members of the bench will be justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and Aniruddha Bose. The case title "In Re: Orders of Calcutta High Court dated 24.01.2024 AND 25.01.2024 and Ancillary Issues," arose out of some orders passed by Calcutta High Court's single judge bench and division bench disagreeing with each other.

Also Read: Bengal conundrum plaguing INDIA Bloc? Mamata vs Adhir vs CPI(M) cast aspersion ahead of Lok Sabha Polls In the HC order, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has accused Justice Soumen Sen, who is heading the division bench, of acting for a political party in West Bengal. The controversy erupted after a single judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay sidelined HC's division bench order and directed the CBI to begin its probe into the fake caste certificate matter.

Also Read: Mamata Banerjee says ‘no relation with Congress’, TMC to fight Lok Sabha polls ‘alone’ in Bengal Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay said that Justice Sen is acting clearly for some political party in the WB State and, therefore, the orders passed by the bench led by Justice Sen need to be relooked if the Supreme Court thinks so. Justice Sen's acts were aimed to save some political party in power, and are a clear misconduct, said Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, reported ANI.

The matter came to the fore after a petition in HC alleged the issuance of fake caste certificates to employees to ease their admission to medical courses. On January 24, the single judge bench of Justice Gangopadhyay asked the West Bengal Police to hand over documents related to the matter to the CBI.