Kolkata/IBNS, April 26 -- Senior Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya approached the Calcutta High Court Friday seeking suo moto cognizance of remarks allegedly made by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in which she called judges biased and said they had been purchased.

These remarks came in the aftermath of a High Court ruling that cancelled the appointment of over 25,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in connection with the infamous cash-for-jobs scam.

The plea was placed before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya.

This is criminal contempt, I am submitting the newspaper reports. I am praying this is taken cognisance of since the AG will not give consent. She is saying the entire HC h...