Kolkata, Nov. 10 -- Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee is likely to be released from judicial custody soon, with the deposition of the eighth and final witness in the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) three School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment cases expected to conclude today.
According to a Supreme Court directive, Chatterjee who was granted bail by the Calcutta High Court, can only be released after the testimonies of eight witnesses across the three cases are recorded. With the process set to end today, his lawyers are expected to move the CBI's special court in Alipore seeking his release, more than three years after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in July 2022.
If the court issues a re...