NEW DELHI, March 17: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the parents of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim to pursue before the Calcutta High Court their plea for a further court-monitored CBI probe into the gruesome incident.A bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna took note of the submissions of senior advocate Karuna Nundy, appearing for the parents, that a further probe was needed to ascertain the alleged role of some other persons.“Without making comments, we dispose of the application (of the parents) observing that the applicants have the liberty to pursue the proceedings before the high court,” the bench said. The victim’s parents were present in the courtroom.A separate plea of the parents seeking further court-monitored CBI probe into the incident is already pending in the Calcutta High Court which recently asked them to seek clarification from the top court on the issue.The victim’s parents were unhappy with the CBI probe and had moved the top court for a further probe into the case.The bench said it will consider in the week commencing May 13 the aspect related to recommendations and suggestions on preventing gender-based violence and developing safety protocols for doctors and medical staff at hospitals across the nation with the court-appointed national task force (NTF).
The hospital staff and doctors took part in nationwide protests after the body of the post-graduate trainee doctor was found in the RG Kar hospital’s seminar room on August 9 last year.During its probe, Kolkata police arrested civic volunteer Sanjay Roy the next day in the case.
The heinous crime at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last year triggered prolonged protests in West Bengal and a nationwide outrage.
On August 22, last year, the bench made an impassioned appeal to the protesting doctors across the country, asking them to resume work.On January 20, Roy was sentenced to “life term imprisonment till death” in the case.On December 10 last year, the top court took note of the CBI’s latest status report and expressed confidence that the trial would conclude within a month. (PTI)
