Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay resigns - says joining BJP.

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, iudge of the Calcutta High Court, announced on March 5 that he will likely join the BJP by March 7, ahead of Lok Sabha 2024 polls. Justice Gangopadhyay has been involved in many controversies during his tenure at the Calcutta High Court since May 2018. He defied orders of larger Benches, had run-ins with lawyers and the ruling Trinamool Congress party in West Bengal, had a dispute with a fellow judge at the High Court and also gave an interview to a TV channel on a case he was hearing. 

[Mint dated. 06-03-2024 ]