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PremiumKolkata Rape-Murder Case Hearing Live Updates: The Supreme Court, while hearing a suo motu plea on Tuesday in connection with the rape and murder of a junior postgraduate doctor in Kolkata, said that deeply concerned about the fact that name, a photograph of the victim is all over India. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing the case.
CJI said, “Deeply concerned of the fact that name, photograph of the victim is all over the India. We are deeply concerned about the fact that the name, photo and video clip of the Kolkata rape victim was published all over. The law prohibits publishing victims' names. Is this the way we provide dignity to the young doctor who has lost her life?"
Earlier on Monday, CBI got permission to conduct a polygraph test of Sanjay Roy, suspected and arrested in the gruesome rape and brutal murder of the PG trainee doctor.
The autopsy report disclosed that the victim sustained more than 14 injuries to various parts of the body, including the head, face, neck, arms, and genitals. There was also clear evidence of forceful penetration, which pointed to sexual assault. The cause of death was identified as “manual strangulation combined with smothering."
Doctors protest continues
The protesting doctors want the CBI to catch the culprits and for the court to impose the maximum punishment on them. They also want an assurance from the government that "no such incidents occur in the future". The alleged rape and murder of the junior doctor in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital has sparked nationwide protests.
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Resident doctors in Maharashtra said that they would continue their strike against the alleged rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee medic in Kolkata. The strike has hit patient services, with only 18 major and 61 minor surgeries performed at five big civic-run hospitals in the city during the day.
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), which has been leading the strike since August 13, said that further decisions about the agitation will be made based on the top court’s directive. The SC will hear the matter on Tuesday.
While speaking to ANI, Murugan said, "It's a strongly condemnable incident. The West Bengal chief minister should have taken severe action against the accused, but they failed. That's where the CBI entered and CBI filed the case and CBI started the inquiry."
The Union health ministry on Monday issued a list of security measures to be implemented at all central government hospitals which include strict monitoring of the entry and exit and providing escort to women health professionals at night.
The move comes amid nationwide protests by resident doctors who have been demanding a special cental law to check violence against healthcare workers following the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata.
In a communication sent to all heads of central government hospitals, the ministry asked them to ensure adequate number of well secured duty rooms with basic amenities for female health professionals and deployment of women health professionals at night be preferably done in more than one in number.
They should be escorted in premises while on duty and proper arrangement of secured transport should be made for them for any movement at night.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear as the first matter on Tuesday a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata amid the ongoing nationwide doctors' strike over it.
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which had taken cognisance of the incident, has kept the matter on top of the cause list for hearing at 10:30 am on Tuesday.
