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Friday, January 23, 2026
TopicJustice Abhijit Gangopadhyay

Topic: Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay

In big Calcutta HC ruling on Bengal TET scam case, relief for 32,000 teachers & a message to courts

HC overturned own 2023 ruling by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay that cancelled appointments of around 32,000 primary teachers, recruited on basis of 2014 Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET).

Drama mars Waqf JPC meet as TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee smashes glass bottle during argument with BJP MP

Reacting to allegations of bias, BJP’s Jagdambika Pal said he would resign as chairperson of JPC on Waqf (Amendment) Bill if panel members felt he was treating them unfairly.

From HC to people’s court — how ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay is gearing up for Tamluk poll debut

Sitting MP is younger brother of Suvendu Adhikari. TMC candidate is Debangshu Bhattacharya of ‘Khela Hobe’ fame, while Sayan Banerjee is CPI(M)’s nominee for seat voting Saturday.

‘Brought damage, disrepute to Bengal’ — EC bars BJP’s Abhijit Gangopadhyay from campaigning for 24 hrs

This was in response to 'low-level' statements made by BJP candidate against Mamata. TMC had approached EC requesting action against ex-judge for violating Model Code of Conduct.

Bengal is ready for BJP’s Bhadralok Hindutva. Bhadralok Marxism is on its way out

Bengal has always had Bhadralok who were inclined toward the nationalist school of thought and had a strong sense of Hindu religiosity.

If parties co-opt judges into political system, the last bastion of Indian democracy will fall

We live in an age when the whole country looks to the judiciary to keep the legislative and the executive branches in check. Should we allow political parties to win judges over to their side?

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.