Institute of Legal and Management Studies

A three-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justices Arijit Banerjee, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Rajarshi Bharadwaj has issued contempt rule against eight individuals, including TMC leader Kunal Ghosh for allegedly heckling lawyers outside a courtroom over discontent regarding a development in the recruitment scam case.

Earlier, the Chief Justice had constituted a three-judge bench to take up a suo moto case into the incident which led to commotion outside a courtroom at the High Court premises, during court hours.

The bench, in its earlier hearing, had directed the commissioner of police, to put on record the CCTV footage from the court corridors where the commotion had occurred.

In issuing notice against the aforesaid parties, the court noted:

Case: In Re:- Suo Motu Proceedings by Hon'ble Court No. 1 with CRLCP 7 of 2025 In Re:- Court on its own motion : Raju Das & Ors.

Case No: CRLCP 5 of 2025 with CRLCP 6 of 2025

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