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ED Detains Manik Bhattacharya, A Trinamool MLA, In Connection With West Bengal Teacher Recruitment Scandal

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the West Bengal teachers recruitment scam, said sources.

Kolkata:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the West Bengal teachers recruitment scam, said sources.

According to sources, Bhattacharya, the former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education was arrested today after he was questioned overnight by ED officials in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam.

He will be produced before the court today.

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Bhattacharya represents the Palashipara assembly constituency.

ED has been probing the West Bengal teachers recruitment scam case and had earlier summoned Bhattacharya.

Notably, the Supreme Court on September 30 extended the interim protection granted to Bhattacharya in connection with the alleged irregularities in primary teachers’ appointments till further orders.

The court had said that interim protection granted to Manik Bhattacharya shall continue till further order. The court had directed him to cooperate with the investigation agency.

ED also arrested then West Bengal Industries Minister and former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee in the SSC (School Service Commission) scam.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Satyendar Jain’s Case In Benami Transaction Cases Is Concluded By Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court on Monday granted relief by allowing Delhi minister Satyendar Jain’s plea challenging proceedings against him under the Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Amendment Act 2016.

New Delhi:  The Delhi High Court on Monday granted relief by allowing Delhi minister Satyendar Jain’s plea challenging proceedings against him under the Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Amendment Act 2016.

The High court has closed all the proceedings against him under the Act.

Justice Yashwant Varma granted relief to Jain noting the Supreme Court ruling that the application of the law cannot be retrospective. The court said that in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, proceedings against Jain and other petitioners should also be quashed.

“Accordingly, in view of the law as declared by the SC, instant writ petitions are allowed. All impugned proceedings under the enactment shall stand closed, the court said in an oral order.

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The order came while hearing the petitions related to alleged Benami transactions. Earlier, the court had directed the authorities not to take coercive action against Jain.

Jain is in judicial custody in a money laundering case. He was arrested on May 30.

The apex court in August had said that the provision of 2016 Amendment Act can not be invoked to initiate or continue criminal proceedings or confiscation proceedings in the matter alleged to have been entered prior to this amendment.

Delhi Minister Satyender Jain had filed the petition in 2017 and said that these alleged transactions took place much prior to the amendment of 2016.

The alleged transaction took place between 2011 to March 2016 and therefore the amendment which came into effect in November 2016 would not apply.

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