The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to look at a petition by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee towards a Calcutta excessive court docket order which allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to query him in reference to the multi-crore School Service Commission recruitment rip-off.

A trip bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Karol agreed to checklist the plea on Friday after Banerjee’s counsel and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi sought an pressing listening to.

“I am being called on a daily basis to appear for questioning. He (Banerjee) is in Darjeeling and is campaigning outside the state and they are giving him a notice of nine hours,” Singhvi mentioned.

CBI is probing alleged irregularities within the recruitment of Group C and Group D employees, in addition to lecturers, in government-sponsored and aided colleges on the suggestions of the West Bengal School Service Commission in 2018. ED is conducting a parallel probe into the matter.

Three TMC legislators, together with former training minister Partha Chatterjee, beneath whose tenure the alleged irregularities passed off, have been arrested thus far within the case.

On Friday, CBI had summoned Banerjee for questioning within the case on Saturday. This got here after the excessive court docket on Thursday allowed CBI and ED to quiz the TMC chief, whose identify cropped up after Kuntal Ghosh, the prime accused within the case and one of many arrested individuals, alleged that central companies have been forcing him to call the previous.

Banerjee appeared for the probe on Saturday and was questioned for over six hours. ED additionally carried out searches at a number of places within the state in reference to the case.

In the highest court docket on Monday, Singhvi mentioned that CBI’s discover was issued quickly after his shopper’s plea was dismissed with a value of ₹25 lakh by a single bench of the excessive court docket. Singhvi mentioned the imposition of the fee has additionally been challenged individually.

Additional solicitor common (ASG) SV Raju, who appeared for CBI, sought to make submissions when the matter is heard subsequent.

On Friday, Banerjee had mentioned: “I dare CBI to arrest me if they have any proof of corruption against me. They have been probing many cases in Bengal for the last several years. They should arrest me if they have any proof against me.”