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After the Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 17, 2024) ordered that the identity of the medic murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata should be removed from Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation moved to avert a confrontation with the highest court.
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Today(17th Sept),The Supreme Court of India has ordered Wikipedia to remove the name and photograph of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim, emphasizing the legal protection of rape victims’ identities. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud reiterated that Indian law strictly prohibits disclosing such details in sexual assault cases.
Today(on August 28), the BJP’s Bengal unit has called for a 12-hour Bangla Bandh to protest alleged police atrocities on students. The students were demonstrating against the recent rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital, an incident that has ignited widespread outrage across the state.