SC issues notice to former Meghalaya minister, two other in teacher recruitment scam

Shillong, Nov 2 (UNI) The Supreme Court has issued notices to former Meghalaya Education Minister Dr Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh and two retired senior bureaucrats after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenged the Meghalaya High Court's decision to quash criminal proceedings against them in the infamous 2008 lower primary school teachers' recruitment scam, an official said on Monday. The notices were issued following a hearing on the CBI's special leave petition (criminal), which questions the circumstances under which the High Court terminated the trial despite the earlier direction for a CBI investigation into the alleged recruitment irregularities. The case stems…