Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to immediately seal all the areas in the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital that may be linked with the ghastly rape & murder of a junior woman doctor there in August 2024.A division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, which had been recently assigned the matter, at the end of its first hearing, specially directed the agency to ensure that the s…
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Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) A new division bench of the Calcutta High Court, Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, will hear on Tuesday the case on the 2024 ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.As per the cause list of the Calcutta High Court, the hearing in the matter will start at 1 p.m.After the previous division bench headed by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha recused from hearing the matter on May 12, observing that “this impor…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The RG Kar rape and murder case has been transferred to a new bench of the Calcutta High Court. On Saturday, Chief Justice Sujoy Paul specified that the matter would now be heard by the division bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh.The victim’s family has filed a fresh application in the High Court seeking a CBI probe into the incident of August 9, 2024.The counsel for the victim’s family has also filed a petition in the High Court seeking permis…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Justice Rajasekhar Mantha’s bench in the Calcutta High Court has recused itself from hearing the case of the rape and murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The bench noted that there was a surplus of cases in the court. The state government is likely to form a judicial commission to address the case. In the interest of justice, the bench was of the opinion that the case could be heard by that bench, which could dedicate sufficient time to the iss…