The Supreme Court described the revelations in the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) status report as “disturbing” while hearing the suo motu case concerning the rape and murder of a postgraduate doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
It was a telling moment in the courtroom drama that also saw two of India’s most high-profile lawyers, senior advocates Indira Jaising and Kapil Sibal, sparring over the plight of doctors in Bengal.
During the fourth hearing in the rape and murder case, the CJI said the CBI should not be rushed into reaching a conclusion in the probe.
Many in Bengal, including a section of the ruling Trinamul, have been demanding speedy justice from the CBI in the case.
CJI Chandrachud said that the CBI needed time to uncover “the whole truth”.
Appearing on behalf of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front that has been spearheading the doctors’ protest, she submitted a sealed envelope before the bench containing names of persons present at the scene of crime. These people, Jaising said, had no business being there at the crime scene.
