A Kolkata-based lawyer has written to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, seeking contempt of court proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over hate speech.
The lawyer, Koustav Bagchi, sought suo-motu cognisance of the hate speech delivered by the chief minister during a poll rally.
Mamata Banerjee on Monday had termed as ‘illegal’ the Calcutta High Court order cancelling all appointments made through a 2016 teacher recruitment test, and said her government will challenge the verdict.
Banerjee, while addressing an election rally at Raiganj in North Bengal, also accused BJP leaders of influencing a section of the judiciary and judgments.
“The court verdict cancelling all recruitments is illegal. We stand by those who lost jobs. We will ensure you get justice, and challenge the order in a higher court,” she said.
The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the cancellation of all appointments made through the recruitment process of the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools, declaring it ‘null and void’.
Later, speaking at an election rally in Bhatar for party candidate, former cricketer Kirti Azad, Banerjee assured those affected by the Calcutta High Court verdict to take the case to the Supreme Court for ‘justice’.
“I will not name any judge, but I am talking about the verdict. If you had pointed out the mistakes and directed us to correct them, we could have easily done that. Anybody can make a mistake, I do not look after everything. The education department is a separate one. There are different departments like the SSC, the primary board, and the College commission,” she added.
While delivering the verdict, the court said, “It is shocking that, at the level of the cabinet of the State Government, decision is taken to protect employment obtained fraudulently in a selection process conducted by SSC for state-funded schools, knowing fully well that, such appointments were obtained beyond the panel and after expiry of the panel,” the court said.
The bench had also directed that the CBI will hold further investigations with regard to the “persons involved, in the state government approving creation of supernumerary posts to accommodate illegal appointments” and custodial interrogation will be done if required.
(With PTI inputs)
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