The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered a case against Manik Bhattacharya, former president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education and other public servants over allegations of illegality in connection with the teacher recruitment scam in 2020-21, said the federal probe agency, as per an ANI report. Trinamool Congress MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is also facing the heat of the probe by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in connection with the case.
On July 10, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the CBI and Enforcement Directorate probe against Banerjee saying it cannot stultify the investigation in the case.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha allowed Banerjee to avail available remedies under the law but refused to interfere with the May 18 order of the Calcutta High Court.
"We are not going to interfere with the impugned order as this would stultify the investigation. Petitioner can avail the available remedies under the law”, the bench said.
On May 26, the top court had stayed the imposition of Rs 25 lakh cost on Banerjee by the high court which had dismissed his plea for recall of its previous order that CBI and ED could interrogate him in the West Bengal school jobs scam cases.
The top court, had however not stayed the part of the high court order which had said the central probe agencies could quiz the Trinamool Congress general secretary in connection with these cases.
Abhishek Banerjee is the nephew of TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The Calcutta High Court had dismissed a petition filed by Banerjee, a Lok Sabha MP, seeking recall of its previous order which said probe agencies such as the CBI and ED could interrogate him in the case related to the scam.