India, Jan. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of contradictory orders passed by two benches of the Calcutta high court in a matter alleging corruption in the admission of students to medical colleges this week.

A notice issued by the Supreme Court indicated that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and the top court's four seniormost judges - justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose - will hold a special sitting on Saturday at 10.30am. The suo moto case has been titled - "In Re: Orders of Calcutta High Court dated 24.01.2024 and 25.01.2024 and ancillary issues".

The chain of events started on Wednesday when the single bench of justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordered the C...