The Supreme Court
on Saturday stayed all proceedings before the Calcutta High Court in a matter
relating to alleged irregularities in the issuance of reserved category
certificates and admission of MBBS candidates in state-run medical colleges and
hospitals in West Bengal.
In a special
hearing, a five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud
and justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant, and Aniruddha Bose issued
notice to the West Bengal government and the original petitioner in the case.
It also stayed
the orders passed by the single-judge bench and the division bench in the
matter.
"We will
take this up on Monday, took this up now to pass this order. We have taken
charge now," the bench said.
The top court has
taken suo moto cognisance of an order passed by a single bench of the Calcutta
High Court that termed as "illegal and ignored" an order of the
division bench in a case of alleged irregularities in the admission of MBBS
candidates in state-run medical colleges and hospitals.
Earlier, the
division bench of the high court had stayed the single bench's order for a CBI
probe into the matter.