Calcutta HC stays FIR against former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay citing SC’s Kejriwal bail order
Gangopadhyay is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from West Bengal’s Tamluk constituency.
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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed a first information report against Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha candidate and former Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay in a case related to the alleged assault of government teachers who were protesting the cancellation of their recruitment, Live Law reported.
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, while extending interim relief to Gangopadhyay, took note of the Supreme Court’s recent order granting bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case till June 1. Ghosh observed that the top court had done so keeping in mind the Lok Sabha elections.
Gangopadhyay is the Hindutva party’s candidate from West Bengal’s Tamluk constituency.
In April, the Calcutta High Court had declared as null and void the 2016 State Level Selection Test for recruitment in state-run schools, terminating the appointment of over 24,000 teachers and non-teaching staff made on the basis of the test. The Supreme Court, however, stayed the High Court’s order on May 7.
On May 4, a few supporters of the Trinamool Congress, including teachers who had lost their jobs, called Gangopadhyay a “thief” at a rally he had attended before filing his nomination papers, The Indian Express reported.
BJP workers taking part in the rally shouted slogans in response. Subsequently, a scuffle broke out and some of the teachers alleged that they were beaten...
