'Systematic fraud': Supreme Court says West Bengal was duty-bound to maintain records on recruitment scam

Chief Justice Chandrachud stressed the scarcity of public jobs and the importance of maintaining public faith in the system. "The public job is so scarce.... Nothing remains if the faith of the public goes. This is systemic fraud. Public jobs are extremely scarce today and are looked at for social mobility. What remains in the system if their appointments are also maligned? People will lose faith, how do you countenance this?" he asked the state government's lawyers.