India, Nov. 18 -- Fresh protests have erupted in West Bengal against the government's decision to hold a new selection test for school teachers from the 2016 appointment panel, which was scrapped by the Supreme Court in April following the bribe-for-job case. Lawyers said a case has also been filed in the Calcutta high court challenging the move.

New job aspirants who appeared for the test for teacher positions for classes 11 and 12, alongside the jobless experienced teachers, blocked roads around the office of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in Salt Lake on Monday evening, compelling the police to remove them by force.

The agitators said they could not qualify for the interview despite scoring high marks in the writte...