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Bengal job case: Governor allows ED to prosecute ex-edu min Partha Chatterjee
The federal agency arrested Partha Chatterjee on July 23, 2022. He is presently lodged in the Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata
Updated on May 01, 2025 07:01 PM IST
ED gets nod from WB Guv to prosecute ex-education minister Partha Chatterjee
Ananda Bose has granted sanction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute former Education Minister Partha.
Published on May 01, 2025 03:49 PM IST
PTI |
Bengal recruitment case: Partha Chatterjee’s son-in-law records statement
Former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee’s son-in-law, Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya,who was an accused in the case, had become an approver last week
Published on Mar 18, 2025 08:57 PM IST
Supreme Court notice to CBI on ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee’s bail plea
Partha Chatterjee’s petition for bail comes months after the top court granted him bail in connection with a money laundering probe by ED
Updated on Feb 21, 2025 08:40 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
ED frames charges against ex-TMC minister, 53 others in Bengal job scam
The accused include former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, his aide Arpita Mukherjee, ex-state primary education board president and legislator Manik Bhattacharya and 51 others
Published on Jan 07, 2025 05:44 PM IST
Kolkata HC rejects bail pleas of Partha Chatterjee in school jobs case
Chatterjee, who held the education portfolio from 2011 to 2021, had moved a bail application before the high court along with other former public servants
Published on Dec 24, 2024 03:47 PM IST
PTI |
Cash-for-jobs case: Supreme Court grants bail to Partha Chatterjee
The top court was hearing former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee's bail plea in a case related to cash-for-jobs recruitment irregularities.
Published on Dec 13, 2024 12:35 PM IST
ANI |
Cash-for-jobs case: SC grants future bail to ex WB minister Partha Chatterjee
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said that Chatterjee shall be released on February 1, 2025
Published on Dec 13, 2024 11:34 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
What message do you want us to send, says SC on Partha Chatterjee bail plea
Partha Chatterjee offered to move out of West Bengal and not return the state till the examination of witnesses is completed
Published on Dec 04, 2024 03:22 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
On ex-Bengal minister’s bail plea, Supreme Court flags ED’s low conviction rate
Partha Chatterjee, who is seeking bail in the case probed by ED, is currently in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation
Published on Nov 27, 2024 07:05 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
SC questions ED: ‘How long can Partha Chatterjee be kept in jail?’
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that Chatterjee had been incarcerated for more than two years and his trial had not yet begun.
Updated on Nov 27, 2024 07:17 PM IST
Ex-minister’s friend Arpita Mukherjee, arrested in 2022, gets bail in ED case
Arpita Mukherjee was also directed not to leave the territorial jurisdiction of Kolkata Police without the leave of the court
Published on Nov 25, 2024 09:21 PM IST
CBI arrests ex-Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in teacher recruitment case
CBI arrested former Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee in the teacher recruitment case on Tuesday
Updated on Oct 01, 2024 10:16 PM IST
Calcutta HC orders appointment of over 14,000 applicants as assistant teachers
The court passed the verdict after hearing 36 appeals that cited orders passed earlier by the single bench of former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who questioned the transparency of the selection process
Published on Aug 28, 2024 08:36 PM IST
CBI’s claim ex-minister was sole planner of Bengal job scam triggers row
The BJP has alleged that it was impossible for Chatterjee to run such a huge scam without consent from the TMC’s top leadership
Published on Feb 04, 2024 07:49 PM IST
Bribe-for-jobs: CBI files supplementary charges in four cases
The chargesheets were filed at Kolkata’s Alipore court that rejected Chatterjee’s bail petition on January 3
Published on Jan 09, 2024 11:21 AM IST
Shell companies, movie projects: Common factors in job, ration scams in Bengal
Enforcement Directorate officials have found that investments in movies and use of numerous shell companies to siphon money figure among the common factors in the two cases
Published on Oct 29, 2023 10:02 PM IST
CBI arrests third TMC legislator in Bengal recruitment scam
CBI had been questioning Trinamool Congress legislator from Burwan in Murshidabad district, Jiban Krishna Saha, and searching his house since Friday
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 08:34 AM IST
Day 3 of CBI raid at TMC MLA’s home in job scam; pond drained to recover phones
CBI officials said TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha had thrown two mobile phones in the water when the federal agency’s team arrived at his residence on Friday morning
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 07:31 PM IST
CBI raids TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, 6 other locations in Bengal job scam case
Officials said that CBI began search operations around Friday noon, shortly before Union home minister Amit Shah arrived in Bengal to launch the party’s campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and continued till night
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 01:49 PM IST
CBI adds seven officers to probe Bengal job scam
The Enforcement Directorate, conducting a parallel probe, arrested education min Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee on July 23 last year.
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 12:19 AM IST
Bengal SSC scam: SC rejects Manik Bhattacharya's plea challenging his arrest
Manik Bhattacharya had urged the Supreme Court to declare his arrest by ED as illegal and to release him forthwith in connection with a matter.
Updated on Oct 20, 2022 11:53 AM IST
Why Manik Bhattacharya held by ED despite protection from arrest by top court
Manik Bhattacharya becomes the second Trinamool MLA to be arrested, after Partha Chatterjee, in connection with the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal.
Published on Oct 11, 2022 09:58 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
ED seizes 40 immovable properties, 35 bank accounts of Partha Chatterjee, Arpita
The attached properties include flats, a farmhouse, prime land in the city of Kolkata and a bank balance, the ED said on Monday.
Updated on Sep 19, 2022 03:38 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Kolkata court remands ex-minister Partha Chatterjee in CBI custody till Sept 21
Former president of Bengal’s education board Kalyanmoy Gangopadhyay told the court that he did not physically sign any appointment letter recruiting teachers and that his scanned signature was used in all documents.
Updated on Sep 16, 2022 10:23 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata
'Arrest me if you can...': Mamata's challenge to BJP as corruption claims fly
Bengal CM and TMC boss Mamata Banerjee said that the BJP is using black money and central agencies to dislodge elected non-saffron party governments across India.
Updated on Aug 29, 2022 11:07 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Bengal SSC scam: CBI makes first arrests; two top officials nabbed
Shanti Prasad Sinha and Ashok Saha were interrogated several times after the Calcutta high court ordered the CBI probe into the case. On Wednesday, they were taken into custody after hours of interrogation.
Updated on Aug 10, 2022 06:47 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Arpita Mukherjee's life under threat; food, water must be tested: ED in court
Arpita Mukherjee's advocate, while claiming a threat to her life, pleaded before the court to get her Division 1 prisoner category.
Published on Aug 05, 2022 09:34 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
SSC scam: Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee sent to 14-day judicial custody
Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee have been in ED remand since their arrest on July 23 in connection with the agency's investigation into the alleged money trail involved in illegal appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal government sponsored and aided schools.
Updated on Aug 05, 2022 05:49 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
From National Herald to Bengal school job scam: 10 high-profile ED cases in 2022
In the current monsoon session of Parliament, Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed the Rajya Sabha that the ED has carried out as many as 3,010 raids in the last eight years, and filed charge sheets in 888 cases, causing the conviction of 23 accused.
Published on Aug 04, 2022 11:18 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi