[RG Kar Rape] “Everyone Deserves a Defense and a Fair Trial, Free From Pre-Trial Judgments”: Woman Lawyer Kabita Sarkar to Defend Accused Sanjay Roy

Kabita Sarkar, a 52-year-old lawyer with a 25-year career, is taking on one of the most challenging cases of her career. Appointed by the Sealdah court, Sarkar is defending Sanjoy Roy in the high-profile RG Kar rape-murder case, a responsibility she undertook after no other lawyer would accept it.

Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response on PIL for Inclusion of Palliative Care in National Health Programme

In The Supreme Court Today (March 7th), a bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud requested the Centre’s response on Thursday regarding a PIL seeking direction to authorities for the inclusion of palliative care in the national health programme to support terminally-ill individuals.