: Bengal Bar Council seeks removal of Calcutta HC’s acting chief justice, says he is ‘partial, biased’ #IndiaNEWS The Bar Council of West Bengal has written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana

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Bengal Bar Council seeks removal of Calcutta HC’s acting chief justice, says he is ‘partial, biased’ #IndiaNEWS
The Bar Council of West Bengal has written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana seeking the removal of Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Rajesh Bindal, Live Law reported on Sunday. The letter alleged “biased and improper� listing and hearing of cases.“Justice Bindal is a partial, unfair and biased judge whose continuance at High Court interferes with fair and impartial dispensation of justice,� the letter stated.It also cited the recent politically sensitive matters like those related to the Narada bribery case and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s petition challenging the Nandigram poll results in the state Assembly elections. Notably, the letter has been signed by chairperson of the Bar Council of West Bengal Ashok Kumar Deb, who is also a Trinamool Congress MLA, Bar and Bench reported.The Bar Council pointed out the manner in which the Calcutta High Court took up a transfer plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Narada case.On May 17, the CBI had arrested West Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra and former party leader Sovan Chatterjee in connection with the case. They were granted interim bail by a special CBI court later that day. But, this bail order was stayed by the High Court in a late night hearing...Read more

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