Abhishek Manu Singhvi appeared in CJI Chandrachud’s court, said – we will not put pressure
The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot consider TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s plea seeking direction to take appropriate action against Calcutta High Court Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his ‘continuous politically motivated interviews’. Did. However, the Supreme Court said that the petition of the Diamond Harbor MP and the Trinamool Congress general secretary would be clubbed with other petitions in the pending suo motu case, which was being heard by a five-judge bench.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on January 29 transferred to itself all the petitions related to the alleged scam in issuing caste certificates to candidates seeking reserved category MBBS seats in West Bengal, after two benches of the Calcutta High Court. Had taken. The court expressed its disagreement on conducting a CBI investigation. Earlier, a five-judge bench was sitting on holiday on January 27 to settle the dispute, where one Justice Gangopadhyay had set aside a division bench order that had quashed his direction for a CBI probe and the Central The agency was asked to proceed.
ED and CBI investigation should not be affected: Singhvi
On Friday, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee before a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Manoj Mishra and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, argued that Justice Gangopadhyay of the High Court is continuously giving ‘politically motivated interviews’ and They should be banned. Singhvi said that a direction should be passed to ensure that the comments of the single judge inside and outside the court against the applicant/petitioner (Banerjee) should not influence the investigation conducted by the respondents (CBI and ED).
Why did Singhvi say that we will not put pressure
Singhvi said that Justice Gangopadhyay had said that Justice Soumen Sen had asked Justice Amrita Sinha to do about the case related to Banerjee and it needed to be looked into. CJI Chandrachud said that you (Singhvi) are demanding an order to take action against a judge for a ‘politically motivated’ interview. We should not issue notice on this. When Singhvi said he would not press for specific prayer against the High Court judge, the bench said the plea would be clubbed with the pending suo motu case. The senior lawyer said that the prayer seeking transfer of the case to the bench of Justice Amrita Sinha of the High Court can be considered.
Why are you upset with the conduct of the Justice: Bench
The bench asked that if you are upset with the conduct of Justice Gangopadhyay then why should we transfer anything from the bench of Justice Amrita Sinha. The senior lawyer replied that because Justice Gangopadhyay said that Justice Amrita Sinha was told by Justice Soumen Sen about the TMC leader’s case. CJI Chandrachud said that we have taken charge of it by taking suo motu cognizance. We are tagging your case with the five-judge bench case. In the petition, the TMC leader said that it has been filed to protect his right to free, fair and impartial access to justice, which is seriously prejudiced by the conduct of a high constitutional functionary i.e. a sitting judge of the Honorable Calcutta.
What was the petition?
Abhishek Banerjee sought to issue directions to ensure that the justice’s comments inside and outside the court against the petitioner should not influence the investigation conducted by the respondents. The proceedings of the case ‘Soumen Nandy vs. State of West Bengal and others’ before Honorable Justice Amrita Sinha in WPA should not be affected. The TMC leader in his petition said that the matters relating to the petitioner here should be conducted without any interference and without being influenced by the comments/comments of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay.
