The Calcutta High Court Tuesday took cognisance of the alleged heckling of a judge by lawyers owing allegiance to the Trinamool Congress during the hearing of a matter related to the Saradha scam.
Following a plea by advocate and CPI-M leader Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur took cognisance of Monday's incident wherein Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Alipore) Haradhan Mukherjee was almost gheraoed and court proceedings were disrupted by lawyers defending scam accused state transport minister Madan Mitra, now behind bars.
"The way the judge was heckled is tantamount to contempt of court so I moved the bench of Chief Justice with a plea that the court should take suo motu cognisance and initiate action against the guilty lawyers. The Chief Justice admitted my plea and said the court has initiated the process of taking cognisance and initiating action in the matter," said Mr Bhattacharya.
The lawyers had accused the judge of being biased and intentionally curtailing the rights of their client Madan Mitra.
The CBI, which is probing the scam, made the plea after former Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Srinjoy Bose got bail on February 4, after remaining behind bars for 75 days.
Mr Mitra has already applied for bail to a higher court which is expected to hear the matter Wednesday when the statutory period of 60 days for the prosecution to file the chargesheet, gets over.
Meanwhile, the opposition has slammed the Trinamool for the alleged heckling.
Leader of opposition and CPI-M member Surjya Kanta Mishra too questioned the ruling party's stand.
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