Kolkata Doctor rape-murder case: SCBA Executive Committee objects to resolution signed by Kapil Sibal – India Legal

Members of the Government Committee of the Supreme Court docket Bar Affiliation have written a letter to Senior Advocate and SCBA President Kapil Sibal, after a decision on the letterhead of SCBA was put out, signed by Sibal, relating to the brutal rape and homicide of a Submit-Graduate trainee physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical School and Hospital.

The members alleged that the purported decision of August 21, 2024 was not even positioned earlier than the EC.

By the way, Sibal is representing the West Bengal authorities and the State Police within the suo motu case registered by the Supreme Court docket after the ugly incident of August 9.

The purported decision signed by Sibal because the President of SCBA appreciated the priority expressed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on the ‘malaise’ prevailing within the nation.

The mentioned ‘decision’ acknowledged that the incident at RG Kar Medical School was ‘symptomatic’ of the ‘malaise’. It expressed hope that such incidents which have taken place all through the nation weren’t repeated in future.

The EC members who wrote the letter right now to Sibal embrace Joint Secretary Sandeep Singh, Treasurer Sasmita Tripathy, Joint Treasurer Susheel Kumar Tomar, Senior Government Members & Senior Advocates Pravin H Parekh and Shobha Gupta, and Government Committee Members Vikas Bansal, Ashish Kumar Sinha, Shashank Shekhar, Yogmaya MG, Anil C Nishani and Rachana Gandhi.

The members mentioned that they weren’t aware about any deliberation of the EC on the mentioned matter which culminated into any such decision. They additional mentioned that they’ve spoken to another EC members, who had been equally stunned by the decision. The decision was neither positioned earlier than the EC, nor mentioned with any EC member. It appeared that it was a private view expressed beneath Sibal’s signature, which was being handed off as a decision of the whole Government Committee.

Out of the signatories, Joint Treasurer Susheel Kumar Tomar, Senior Government member Pravin H Parekh and Government Committee member Ashish Kumar Sinha, added that their consent was taken over WhatsApp.

The letter signed by 11 Government Committee members acknowledged that an unanimous decision ought to have been handed on the matter after taking all EC members into confidence.

The letter additional condemned the ugly incident, which occurred inside the precincts of a reputed Authorities Medical School in Kolkata, including that the EC members stood in solidarity with the sufferer.

The ‘decision’ put out by Kapil Sibal acknowledged that the Supreme Court docket Bar Affiliation (SCBA) deeply appreciated the priority expressed by the Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India on the malaise which was prevailing within the nation and the wanton violence towards girls in hospitals, together with girls interns and others.

It mentioned the SCBA endorsed the historic steps taken by the Supreme Court docket to handle these issues, particularly the steps taken to place in place a coverage framework together with protocols to stop the recurrence of such barbaric incidents.

What occurred in R.G. Kar Medical School and Hospital was symptomatic of the malaise. Now that the investigation was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the SCBA believed that justice can be achieved and the accused can be appropriately punished.

Earlier within the day, whereas listening to the suo moto legal writ petition in regards to the demise of a postgraduate trainee physician at R.G. Kar Medical School & Hospital, Kolkata on August 9, 2024, the Supreme Court docket expressed concern over the way wherein the West Bengal police had dealt with the case to date.

Through the listening to, Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta criticised Kapil Sibal for allegedly laughing whereas discussing the ugly crime.

Through the earlier listening to, the Apex Court docket had additionally expressed disappointment over the State of West Bengal’s dealing with of the vandalism on the protest website. The Bench headed by the CJI had directed the formation of a Nationwide Job Pressure to advocate measures for guaranteeing the protection of medical professionals.

The highest courtroom of the nation ordered the deployment of the Central Industrial Safety Pressure (CISF) to guard resident docs, notably feminine docs, at RG Kar Hospital.

It additional expressed issues over the shortage of institutional security norms at medical institutions towards each violence and sexual violence.