The Calcutta High Court connected Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Sandip Ghosh, erstwhile main of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, to postpone framing of charges successful a lawsuit of fiscal irregularities during his tenure. Ghosh and Suman Hazra, different accused successful the RG Kar fiscal irregularities case, connected Wednesday moved the azygous seat of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh seeking clip to reappraisal the documents earlier the peculiar CBI tribunal frames charges against them.
Ghosh was the main of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital erstwhile a inferior pistillate doc was raped and murdered astatine the infirmary successful August past year.
Senior counsel Sabyasachi Banerjee for Hazra submitted successful the HC, “Today astatine 1:30 p.m. determination is framing of charges astatine the peculiar CBI court. There are implicit 14,500 pages oregon more, truthful we question time.”
Additionally, Ghosh’s counsel Joseph Rauf had moved for modification of bid seeking time.
But Justice Tirthankar Ghosh did not entertain the pleas.
Both the counsels past moved to Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam part seat seeking further clip to reappraisal the documents provided by the CBI earlier charges are formally framed.
The Chief Justice’s part seat allowed the substance to beryllium mentioned earlier a azygous bench, which past led to Justice Tirthankar Ghosh proceeding the lawsuit astatine 4:30 pm.
Senior counsel Banerjee and Ayan Bhattacharya, representing Hazra and Ghosh successful the High Court, argued that the bid was issued successful usurpation of the recently introduced BNSS Act.
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Reiterating that each accused person the close to a just trial, they stated, “Prayer is that we are entitled successful instrumentality to get 60 days to record a discharge. We proceed to stay successful custody. Prayer is that the bid has to beryllium amended. The tribunal gave an bid without proceeding us. I came aft liberty granted by CJ. We person travel to callback the application. We didn’t get papers. The IO was show-caused. The pages are unpaginated, nary scale much than 25,000 pages. How are we to inspect it ? Where americium I to go? CBI ne'er indicated that they were coming up with 25,000 pages. All person the close to just trial.”
Meanwhile, representing the CBI, further solicitor wide Ashok Kumar Chakrabarti opposed Ghosh’s supplication claiming that the recalling exertion was not maintainable earlier the precocious court. “I object. As determination is nary spot for recalling. This is simply a lawsuit seeking hold of clip for the intent of filing a discharge petition. They privation to termination time. They person asked for enactment connected this court’s order.”
After proceeding each the sides Justice Ghosh dismissed the petition filed by Ghosh and observed that a writ tribunal has nary jurisdiction to entertain immoderate judicial order.
The CBI peculiar tribunal is apt to framework charges against Sandip Ghosh and 4 others connected February 6.
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