R G Kar Medical College And Hospital ( "Cease Work" )

Junior medics in the RG Kar case will continue to "cease work" despite the SC's directive to start up again at 5 p.m.

In the RG Kar case, junior physicians have been calling for justice for the rape and murder of the physician while he was a patient by participating in "cease work" at state-run hospitals for almost a month.

Under SC order, junior doctors will continue to protest in the RG Kar case.

Kolkata rape-murder case: Infuriated junior doctors declared they would carry out their "cease work" to seek justice for the RG Kar Hospital trainee doctor who was raped and killed inside the hospital, even after the Supreme Court ordered the protesting medical professionals to return to work by 5 p.m. on Tuesday. In order to prevent negative action from the state government, the doctors were instructed by the Supreme Court to return to work on Monday.

The state's health secretary and director of health education have been called to quit by the protesting physicians. Additionally, the doctors said that on Tuesday at noon, they would stage a rally outside "Swasthya Bhavan," the health department's headquarters in Salt Lake.

For almost a month now, junior physicians have been participating in "cease work" in state-run hospitals in protest of the doctor's rape and murder while he was a patient. Protests have been sparked by the occurrence not only in Kolkata and West Bengal but also nationwide.

In the meantime, the government of West Bengal gave the supreme court an assurance that if the physicians who were protesting returned to work, no action would be taken against them, including punitive transfers.

WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAID IN THE RG KAR CASE

The top court had expressed worry about the absence of a crucial document, a challan, which was necessary to send the deceased junior doctor's body for postmortem examination from official government archives. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was questioned by the court, which stated that there was no mention of the challan issued prior to the postmortem. The challan, which listed the clothing and items submitted for the autopsy, was emphasized by the court as being very important.
The CBI's attorney general, Tushar Mehta, told the bench that the challan was not included in their files. Representing the West Bengal government, senior counsel Kapil Sibal informed the bench that he would follow up with the court about this matter as he was unable to locate the document right away.

The court also brought up Kolkata Police's 14-hour delay in filing a First Information Report (FIR) in the wake of the rape and murder tragedy. The top court ordered the CBI to provide a new status report on its investigation into the case by September 17.

In an effort to preserve the deceased's dignity and privacy, the court ordered the immediate removal of the victim's images from all social media platforms after senior lawyer Geeta Luthra expressed worry about their widespread distribution on these sites.

The Supreme Court of West Bengal directed all district magistrates and superintendents of police to assess the situation and guarantee the safety and security of government medical colleges in response to the mounting outcry over security at the state's medical facilities.

The West Bengal administration promised the bench that it would not retaliate against the physicians if they went to work, therefore the court also ordered the protesting doctors to return to work by Tuesday at 5 p.m.