India, April 23 -- A Calcutta high court division bench hearing the contempt petition by state-appointed schoolteachers in the bribe-for-job case on Wednesday allotted more time for hearing after the West Bengal government questioned the validity of the petition, lawyers present at the hearing said.

The contempt petition was filed by a section of the 25,752 teachers and non-teaching staff appointed in 2016. On April 3, the Supreme Court upheld the high court's April 2024 order and cancelled all these appointments saying there was no way to differentiate between tainted and non-tainted appointments. On an appeal by the state, the top court directed on April 17 that non-tainted teachers may continue in service until December 31 and ordered...