The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will submit a progress report on the investigation into the gruesome rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the Supreme Court Today (Aug 22). A bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra heard the case on Tuesday (August 20) after taking up the matter on its own. The brutal rape and murder of the 31-year-old postgraduate doctor has sparked nationwide outrage and protests.
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A doctors’ association Today (Aug 21) moved the Supreme Court seeking interim protection for doctors till the recommendations of the National Task Force (NTF) constituted by the Court are implemented. Seeking intervention in the ongoing proceedings before the apex court, the plea filed by Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) contended that doctors have often been subjected to alleged instances of violence and threat to their safety and security.
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“Please trust us,” the Supreme Court said Today (Aug 20th) while requesting the doctors protesting across the country over a Kolkata doctor’s alleged rape and killing to call off the strike and resume work. CJI said abstention from the work of doctors affects those segments of the society that are in need of medical care.
The Supreme Court Today (Aug 20th) ordered the removal of the name, photos and videos of a trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, from all social media platforms. A bench headed by CJI Chandrachud said disclosure of the identity of a victim of sexual assault is a violation of its order passed in the Nipun Saxena case.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud Today (Aug 20) expressed deep concerns at the fact that the name of the victim, photographs and video clips showing the dead body have been spread all over the media. “This is extremely concerning,” CJI said. The Court ordered the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to provide security to the hospital and the hostel. Kapil Sibal said that the State has no objection to this.
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The Supreme Court Today (Aug 20) said to the Bengal government that the power of the state should not be “unleashed on the protesters” in connection with the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. “We will indicate our broad parameters of our intervention. Let not the power of state of West Bengal be unleashed on peaceful protesters. Whether doctors, or civil society, let there not be power of state be unleashed on them at all,” CJI Chandrachud said.
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The Supreme Court Today (Aug 20) said it took suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder case of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata as it raises systematic issue regarding safety of doctor across India. A bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud, which had taken cognisance of the incident, said if women are not able to go to work and working conditions are not safe, we are denying them equality.
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The Delhi Medical Association Today (Aug 20) moved the Supreme Court, seeking to be made a party in a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandraachud is scheduled to hear as the first matter Today a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of the postgraduate medic in Kolkata amid the ongoing nationwide doctors’ strike over it.
Today(on 12th July), The Supreme Court declined a plea for additional measures to prevent violence against doctors, asserting existing laws are sufficient and petitioners can approach relevant courts for specific cases. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna deliberated on the Delhi Medical Association’s writ petition, noting the recurring incidents highlighted by Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria.
