‘Why was murder called suicide, how did the crowd enter the hospital?’, SC’s sharp questions to Mamata government

Kolkata Rape Murder Case: Terming the incident of rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as horrific, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 20) reprimanded the West Bengal government for the delay in registering an FIR in the case.

Taking suo motu cognizance of the matter, the Supreme Court said that this incident raises a systemic issue regarding the safety of doctors across India. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, which took suo motu cognizance, said that if women are not able to go to work and the working conditions are not safe, then we are depriving them of equality.

What questions did SC ask Mamata government?

• The Supreme Court criticised the West Bengal government for the delay in filing an FIR in the rape-murder case and asked what were the hospital authorities doing?

• The bench also reprimanded the Kolkata Police and asked how a crowd of thousands of people entered the medical college after doing RG?

• When the conduct of the principal of RG Kar Hospital is under investigation, how come he was immediately appointed to some other college?

  

• How was it possible that a crowd of 7,000 people could not enter RG Kar Hospital without the knowledge of Kolkata Police?

• Raising questions, he said, ‘It seems that the crime was detected early in the morning but the principal of the medical college tried to pass it off as a suicide.

Who all were included in the back?

The bench also comprises Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra. The Supreme Court said that the West Bengal government should not use force on the protesters. The court said that most young doctors work for 36 hours and there is a need to create a national protocol to ensure safe conditions at the workplace.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that West Bengal should not be in a position to deny things and law and order has completely failed in the state. The Supreme Court taking suo motu cognizance of the matter is important given the fact that the Calcutta High Court has already taken action and handed over the investigation of the case to the CBI.

This appeal was made to the doctors who were on strike

Let us tell you that the doctors’ strike completed one week on Sunday (August 18) and now it is continuing for the second week, due to which patients are facing problems. The protesting doctors want the CBI to catch the culprits and the court to give them death sentence. They also want assurance from the government that such incidents will not happen again in future. The Supreme Court appealed to the doctors to return to work and said that their concerns are being taken very seriously.

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