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Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta High Court resigned as a judge..
He submitted his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday with copies to CJI DY Chandrachud and the Chief Justice of the Calcutta HC TS Sivagnanam, news agency PTI said..
Earlier, Justice Gangopadhyay had announced that he was quitting and joining politics...
During his tenure in the HC, Justice Gangopadhyay issued several directives instructing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe allegations of irregularities in the recruitment processes of teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided schools...
Last year, Justice Gangopadhyay triggered a major controversy in the state after he commented on a case related to the school jobs for cash scam..
