Summon from Court: HC demands personal appearance of doctor who issued sickness certificate to an accused

However, the counsel for the former advisor informed the court that Prof. Sinha is ill, further producing a medical certificate issued by a doctor associated with Probe Diagnostic Pvt. Ltd, J. C. Bose, Road, Kolkata as proof. 

The court, in turn, directed the doctor to appear before it by Thursday morning. It observed, "I direct the Registrar General to call the doctor over the phone by 3:45 p.m. today, directing him to appear before this court personally at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Communication should also be made through email to the said doctor."

Stating that the court would take further action if the doctor failed to appear before it in the given time, it said, "It is made clear if he fails to appear before this court tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. to satisfy this court about the issuance of the said certificate, further steps will be taken by this court to ensure his presence."

As per the Live Law report, Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier passed an order, cancelling the appointment of six assistant teachers in the Murshidabad district after it got to know that they had been illegally appointed because of the illegal recommendation of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). Further, the court had stated that such illegally recruited teachers should not be paid any salary henceforth, observing that the salaries which are already paid to them must be recovered by the District Inspector of Schools (SE), Murshidabad.

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