The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition in the case on Monday The rape and murder of a trainee doctor National RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.
Today’s outcome of the proceedings is expected to be crucial as doctors at RG Kar Medical College say they Will decide to resume work stoppage protests Based on the Government’s views on the safety and security of their jobs.
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will hear the case, which has been accepted by the Supreme Court. The hearing was originally scheduled for September 27 but was rescheduled to Monday at the request of the West Bengal government.
exist The last hearing was on September 17The Supreme Court said it had reviewed the CBI report on the incident at RG Kar Medical College and found the incident “disturbing”. However, the court chose not to disclose any details, citing concerns that it could jeopardize the ongoing investigation.
Regarding the progress of the investigation, the Supreme Court said that the central agency was not “sitting idly” in the investigation and emphasized that sufficient time is needed to “uncover the truth.”
The Supreme Court said: “What the CBI has disclosed in its report is truly disturbing. What you have reported is most worrying. We ourselves are concerned and the CBI has flagged this for us. We ourselves are concerned about what we have read “disturbed by the contents,” in response to the attorney’s claim that the seizure list did not match the crime scene sketch.
The West Bengal government told the court that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had assured junior doctors that no adverse or punitive action would be taken against those returning to work. The Supreme Court had previously urged doctors to resume work while the case was pending.
Separately, the Supreme Court has asked India’s Central Bureau of Investigation to provide a status report on its probe into financial irregularities allegedly committed by Sandeep Ghosh, the jailed former principal of Calcutta Medical College.
Meanwhile, junior doctors from various government hospitals along with the public participated in torch rallies across Kolkata on Sunday. Doctors said they will decide to reinstate complete shutdown in medical colleges after assessing the state government’s submissions on workplace safety and security during the Supreme Court hearing. They claimed the attacks on public hospitals highlighted the state government’s “complete failure” to live up to its security commitments.
The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College on August 19 sparked widespread outrage and led to protests by doctors demanding better facilities and safety measures. Subsequently, the investigation was transferred from Kolkata Police to India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following a High Court order.