SC stays Calcutta HC judge's order asking apex court's official to produce document

The Supreme Court of India put on hold an order by a judge of the Calcutta High Court. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had asked the top court's secretary general to produce before him the documents that led to his removal from teachers' recruitment scam case in West Bengal.

The high-profile case involve members of the ruling party TMC, as per NDTV.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had directed the Calcutta High Court's acting Chief Justice to reassign proceedings related to irregularities in the recruitment of staff in schools in West Bengal to other judge and clarified that Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay couldn't hear the matter taking note of the transcript given by the judge to a news channel.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud had noted the transcript of the interview that the Calcutta HC judge gave to a news channel.

With ANI Inputs