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Sitting judges have no business to give interviews to news channels on sub-judice matters, a Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and justice PS Narasimha said on Monday..
The bench disapproved of an interview Calcutta High Court's justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay reportedly gave to a news channel..
In the interview, the judge, before whose bench a case against Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee existed, is believed to have made some remarks on Banerjee...
If judges give interviews on sub-judice matters, they cannot adjudicate on the case discussed, the bench said..
If interview is confirmed, he may have to recuse himself from hearing the school jobs recruitment case.. The development took place during the resumed hearing of a plea Banerjee filed in SC, challenging justice Gangopadhyay's order for CBI and ED probes against Banerjee in the school jobs recruitment case..
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