New Delhi, Jul 21. The Supreme Court today cautioned against politicising judicial proceedings while hearing a plea seeking initiation of criminal contempt against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks on the Court’s ruling in the teachers’ recruitment scam case. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran, and Justice NV Anjaria was hearing the petition filed by Aatmdeep, a public charitable trust, which sought criminal contempt proceedings against Banerjee. Senior Advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for the petitioner, requested the Bench to defer the matter as a sanction request for initiating contempt had been filed before the Attorney General. Responding to the submission, CJI Gavai remarked, “Are you so sure that you will get the consent? Don’t try to politicise before the Court; your political battle, you should fight somewhere else.” The Bench then agreed to list the matter after four weeks. The plea arises from Banerjee’s alleged objectionable comments following the Supreme Court’s April verdict, delivered by a Bench of then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, which upheld the Calcutta High Court’s decision invalidating nearly 25,000 teaching and non-teaching appointments made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) in 2016. The Court had observed that the selection process was vitiated by fraud and tainted beyond repair, warranting cancellation of the appointments en bloc...////...