On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India said that the CBI was investigating whether anyone else was involved in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month. After assessing the CBI’s most recent status report on the inquiry’s progress, the Bench chaired by CJI DY Chandrachud said that disclosing the line of investigation would compromise the probe.
“Making a disclosure today of what the CBI is investigating will jeopardize the process, the line, which is taken by the CBI is to unearth the truth. The SHO has been arrested himself, we have seen the status report and the CBI has responded to all of the issues we have raised, including whether the challan was given, what was the process of PMR (post-mortem report), whether the evidence was destroyed, if any complicity by another person, etc,” the CJI said.
The Bench said, ‘There is genuine concern by the father of the deceased in regard to certain specific leads in the investigation is obtained, we will not reveal his letter as it’s confidential. We will say these are very valuable inputs for the CBI. They are handicapped themselves at this point in time by the five-day delay, but they should also look at this to ensure this is obtained’.
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The Supreme Court said that the West Bengal government cannot prevent women doctors from working night shifts or beyond 12-hour shifts. The Court further added while hearing a suo moto case regarding the rape and murder of a junior doctor, ‘Women don’t want concessions, only equal opportunities’.
The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra made the comment after it was informed that the state, as part of recent security measures, has notified that the women doctor’s night duty may be avoided. CJI Chandrachud took a strong exception to this and said the state must roll back the decision and allow the women doctors to work at par with their male counterparts.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta added that the Central government could provide security for women doctors if the state government was not willing to provide it. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the State government, submitted that the state would issue a notification to correct it. He also said it was only a temporary security measure. CJI Chandrachud said it was that State’s duty to provide security and that no woman in the country can be told that they cannot work at night.
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