In a new development in kolkata doctor rape- murder case, Senior advocate kapil Sibal informed the Supreme Court on Monday that 23people have died as a result of the doctor’s strike.
Sibal, representing West Bengal after Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the rape and murder of kolkata doctor stated that the state government has filled the status report of the
However, reportedly, the solicitor general said that he had not received the reports. The bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and including Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra reviewed the report that was submitted in a sealed cover.
The Central Government has called on the Supreme Court to intervene, citing the West Bengal government’s alleged failure to provide necessary logistical support to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is tasked with securing RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The Union Home Ministry has filed an application accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of a significant lack of cooperation, which it suggests points to a deeper underlying issue. The ministry has urged the Supreme Court to direct state authorities to provide full support to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Meanwhile, junior doctors at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital continue their strike, demanding justice for a trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered on August 9.
Earlier, the Calcutta High Court handed the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and only one arrest has been made in nearly a month into the CBI’s probe.
A CBI official told PTI that the investigation has been hampered by missing evidence from the crime scene, which has made it difficult to connect key elements of the case and slowed progress.The central agency also stated that Dr Sandeep Ghosh the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital had ordered the demolition of a restroom and a toilet near the seminar room on August 10, the day after the body was found.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud addressed the ongoing doctors’ protest following the tragic rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, stating that protests should not come at the expense of professional duties.
During a Supreme Court hearing on a suo motu case concerning the matter, the bench observed that if the doctors do not resume work, the court cannot prevent the West Bengal government from taking disciplinary action against them.
“We want to ensure that doctors resume work and we will give them safety, security… but they have to join work. When we said that no adverse action shall be taken against the doctors…Mr (Kapil) Sibal states that no action, including punitive transfers, should be there,” he said.
“If the doctors report for duty on or before 5 pm tomorrow then no adverse disciplinary action shall be taken against them. All complaints on safety and security shall be promptly attended to. However, if there is continuous abstaining from work then disciplinary action can be taken against them and they cannot be oblivious to the general concerns of the community whom they are intended to serve,” he observed, per Bar and Bench.
