Kolkata (05.03.2024): Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the
Calcutta High Court on Tuesday resigned from the service amidst speculations
that he will be joining politics. It is likely that he may join the BJP on Thursday. Justice Gangopadhyay was set to retire in
August 2024 but he sent his resignation to President Draupadi Murmu today. He had told a news channel on March 3 that he would enter
the political arena after resigning from his post. No stranger to
controversies, Justice Gangopadhyay has been in the thick of things in the
recent past. Recently, he had accused Justice Soumen Sen of "acting for a
political party in the State".
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Justice Gangopadhyay resigns; likely to join politics
By IndianMandarins - 2024-03-05 14:08:00
Kolkata (05.03.2024): Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the
Calcutta High Court on Tuesday resigned from the service amidst speculations
that he will be joining politics. It is likely that he may join the BJP on Thursday. Justice Gangopadhyay was set to retire in
August 2024 but he sent his resignation to President Draupadi Murmu today.
He had told a news channel on March 3 that he would enter the political arena after resigning from his post. No stranger to controversies, Justice Gangopadhyay has been in the thick of things in the recent past. Recently, he had accused Justice Soumen Sen of "acting for a political party in the State".
This had happened after Justice Soumen Sen, part of a Division Bench, stayed an order by Justice Gangopadhyay directing the West Bengal Police to hand over documents related to a case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
