India, May 8 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government to grant sanction within two weeks to those accused in the teacher recruitment scam after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the court that the state was stalling the process despite being pulled up by the Calcutta high court.

A bench headed by justice Surya Kant passed the order noting the concern over the delay in the trial as it heard a bail plea filed by former state education minister Partha Chatterjee, one of the prime accused in the case probed by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.

Chatterjee was arrested by ED in July 2022 and huge sums of money and jewellery were recovered from him, which were alleged to be bribes paid by candida...