Supreme Court Issues Notice On Former West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee's Bail Plea In CBI Case Over 'Cash-for-Job Scam'

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea filed by former West Bengal Education Minister and now MLA Partha Chatterjee seeking bail in the CBI case arising out of the state's cash-for-jobs scam.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order.Briefly put, the West Bengal cash-for-jobs scam involved allegations of illegal recruitment of Assistant Teachers under the...