Overview

• Justice Suvra Ghosh set conditions requiring Chatterjee to surrender his passport, stay within the trial court’s jurisdiction, and refrain from holding any public office during the trial.
• The CBI filed its final charges in Kolkata’s Alipore court two weeks ago, naming Chatterjee, ex-minister Paresh Adhikari, his daughter, and 18 others.
• Investigations began in May 2022 after a Calcutta High Court directive to probe irregularities in WBSSC and WBBSE recruitments between 2014 and 2021.
• CBI allegations state that some appointees paid ₹5–15 lakh in bribes to secure teaching and non-teaching posts despite failing selection tests.
• The Supreme Court on April 3 canceled 25,752 appointments from the 2016 panel, and job aspirants continued protests with a Salt Lake demonstration on September 25.