West Bengal

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and chief minister Mamata Banerjee have had numerous and scrappy exchanges. This time the governor has the upper hand over the chief minister who did not take him into confidence before issuing the notification to constitute the inquiry commission in the Pegasus matter.

After the Supreme Court stayed the proceedings of the Justice Lokur Commission set up by the West Bengal government to probe the Pegasus snooping case, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar invoked Article 167 of the Constitution seeking details of the work done by the commission. 

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The Supreme Court today has issued notice and stayed the Calcutta High Court order by which it had directed the School Education Department, West Bengal to make payment of salaries to part-time teachers equal to basic pay in scale of pay of regular teacher working in Higher Secondary Section in a non–government Aided Higher Secondary School with effect from 28th July 2010 i.e the date of order till 24.12.2013.

The Supreme Court has observed that the state should take a holistic approach, while considering the proposal for premature release of a murder convict.

The Supreme Court Collegium in the same meeting has resolved to reiterate its earlier recommendations for elevation of the 4 Advocates (Shri Jaytosh Majumdar, Shri Amitesh Banerjee, Shri Raja Basu Chowdhury, Smt. Lapita Banerji) as Judges in Calcutta High Court.

In a major setback for the Mamata Banerjee government, the five-judge Supreme Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Subrata Talukdar on Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged cases of murder and crimes against women during the violence that followed the elections in West Bengal.