Reserved Category Certificate Case: SC Stays Calcutta HC Proceedings, Issues Notice to WB Govt

The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed all proceedings before the Calcutta High Court in a matter relating to alleged irregularities in the issuance of reserved category certificates and admission of MBBS candidates in state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal.

In a special hearing, a five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant, and Aniruddha Bose issued notice to the West Bengal government and the original petitioner in the case.

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It also stayed the orders passed by the single-judge bench and the division bench in the matter.

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“We will take this up on Monday, took this up now to pass this order. We have taken charge now,” the bench said.

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The top court has taken suo moto cognisance of an order passed by a single bench of the Calcutta High Court that termed as “illegal and ignored” an order of the division bench in a case of alleged irregularities in the admission of MBBS candidates in state-run medical colleges and hospitals.

Earlier, the division bench of the high court had stayed the single bench’s order for a CBI probe into the matter.

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