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The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) transferred the R.G. Kar Medical College trainee doc rape and execution lawsuit to the Calcutta High Court, requesting the Chief Justice of the precocious tribunal to represent an due Division Bench to perceive the petitions.
The apical tribunal had taken suo motu cognisance of the lawsuit successful 2024.
A Bench of justices M.M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma directed that the lawsuit papers beryllium sent to the High Court,
The apical tribunal refused the transportation of the lawsuit to the Delhi HC connected the plea of elder advocator Karuna Nundy, appearing for the doctors from West Bengal and the parents of the victim.
The SC besides directed its Registry to springiness a transcript of the CBI presumption study to the parents.
The assemblage of the postgraduate trainee doc was recovered successful the Kolkata hospital's seminar country connected August 9 past year. The Kolkata Police arrested Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, the adjacent day.
On January 20, a Kolkata proceedings tribunal awarded convict Roy "life word imprisonment till death" successful the case. The transgression triggered nationwide outrage and prolonged protests successful West Bengal.
The apex court, adjacent aft the superior conviction, is monitoring aggregate ancillary issues, including regularising the unauthorised lack of doctors.
While taking suo motu announcement of the case, the seat constituted a National Task Force (NTF) connected August 20 past twelvemonth to formulate a protocol to guarantee the information and information of aesculapian professionals successful the aftermath of the crime.
With PTI inputs
