HC admits plea against Mamata, her nephew

A day after Mamata Banerjee called Calcutta HC a pilgrimage site for BJP while stressing that HC could have “given some other advice” in the cash-for-jobs case instead of scrapping the appointment of 25,757 people by SSC, the court admitted a petition against West Bengal chief minister for “making accusations against the judiciary”. The petition was admitted on a day when Mamata’s nephew Abhishek alleged that a section of Calcutta HC was “in a nexus with BJP and is delivering verdicts based on BJP’s instructions”. At a poll meeting in Purulia, Abhishek spoke about Calcutta HC’s verdict scrapping the SSC’s appointments.“Those who are involved in match-fixing predict how bowling or batting would be done and that is what exactly happened. We knew about betting but it has been taken to another level by a section of Calcutta HC. BJP is betting and they are being backed by some of the judges,” Abhishek said.