Supreme Court cancels CBI probe into Bengal's extra teacher posts, says no illegality found

New Delhi: In a major relief for the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the Calcutta High Court’s directive for a CBI investigation into the creation of additional teaching and non-teaching posts by the state education department in 2022. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna said that the High Court was not justified in ordering the CBI probe. The court noted that the supernumerary posts had been created after consultation and with the Governor's approval, and there was no prima facie ground for judicial intervention.

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