New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday heard the case of the rape and murder of a postgraduate doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and urged the protesting doctors to return to work and assured them that no adverse action would be taken once they returned. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud asked how the public health infrastructure would function if the doctors did not return to work.
During the hearing of the matter, CJI Chandrachud shared one of his stories and said that he had once slept on the floor of a government hospital when one of his relatives was unwell and was admitted to the hospital.
She shared her story while urging the protesting doctors to return to work. The apex court said that the health professionals should be allowed to return to work and once they return to duty, the court would compel the authorities not to take any adverse action.
The high court said that if there are difficulties after that, they should come to us, but they should first report to work.
The alleged rape and murder of a female doctor in the seminar room of a state-run hospital has sparked nationwide protests. The doctor’s body, with severe wound marks, was found in the seminar room of the hospital’s chest department on August 9.
The next day, the Kolkata police arrested a civic volunteer in connection with the case. On 13 August, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the investigation from the Kolkata police to the CBI, which began its investigation on 14 August.
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