Kolkata Doctor Case Hearing Update: The CBI is anticipated to produce a status report, and the Supreme Court encouraged physicians to return to work while it heard the Kolkata rape-murder case. National Task Force for Medical Professionals’ Safety and countrywide demonstrations have resulted from this case.
Kolkata Doctor Case Hearing Update: The delay by the Kolkata Police in reporting the untimely death of the female doctor who was sexually assaulted and killed at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was deemed by the Supreme Court on Thursday to be “extremely disturbing.”
Kolkata Doctor Case Hearing Update:The top 10 updates are as follows:
1. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and a bench of judges questioned the order and timing of police-conducted legal procedures, stating that it was highly unexpected that the deceased’s postmortem was performed on August 9 between 6.10 and 7.10 p.m. before the case was registered as an unnatural death.
1. The lawyer representing resident doctors at AIIMS Nagpur said a court led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that they are being victimized because of protests over the Kolkata rape-murder case. “I have not encountered a case like this in my last thirty years; West Bengal is not abiding by the Criminal Procedure Code,” CJI continued.
2. “How come the information about the unnatural death was forwarded to the Tala police station at 11.30 pm on August 9 even though the post-mortem was completed at 6.10 pm on the same day?” The panel, which also included Justice J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, declared that this was “very disturbing.”
3. It ordered the officer of the Kolkata Police, who made the initial report of the shocking rape-murder across the nation, to show up at the following hearing and reveal the time of the entry.
4. Representing the CBI, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the top court that the most startling detail was that the FIR was filed at 11:45 p.m., following the postgraduate medic’s cremation.
5. “After first telling parents it was a suicide, state police later claimed it was a murder. Mehta informed the judge, “The victim’s buddy feared a cover-up and insisted on recording.
6. The highest court requested the doctors who were protesting to return to work as the case got underway, promising them that nothing negative would happen to them if they did.
7. “Once they report back to work, we will persuade the authorities to refrain from taking any negative action. “How will the public health infrastructure function without doctors?” said the bench, which also included Manoj Misra and Justice J B Pardiwala.
8. The bench advised them to report to work first and then come to us if there was still trouble. The West Bengal government’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) files status reports for the case, which the SC reviews.
9. Nationwide demonstrations have been sparked by the rape and killing of a medical student. The National Task Force was formed by the Supreme Court to provide safety recommendations for medical practitioners after the court granted suo motu cognizance of the matter. The incident is presently being looked into by the CBI.
10. The Supreme Court expressed grave concerns regarding the safety of physicians in India. “We are depriving women of their fundamental right to equality if they are unable to work in safety. “We must take action,” the court declared.
Nationwide protests have been sparked by the alleged rape and murder of a junior physician in the seminar hall of a state-run hospital. On August 9, the gravely injured body of the physician was found in the hospital’s chest department seminar hall. In relation to the matter, the Kolkata Police detained a community volunteer the next day.
