Justice Gangopadhyay's resignation has reignited the debate about judges entering politics in India. Traditionally, judges in India are expected to maintain a distance from politics.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple connectivity projects worth Rs. 15,400 crores in Kolkata on March 6.
Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Gangopadhyay, whose ruling on various issues stirred debates, has said that he will be resigning from the post citing that it is the call of his conscience that his job in this duty is over.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 13 (ANI): The TMC workers' legal wing of West Bengal blocked the doors of the Calcutta High Court and barred the lawyers from entering the Court of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay.