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Synopsis

Former RG Kar Hospital and Medical College's Principal, Sandip Ghosh has moved Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court's decision to transfer a case against him involving financial irregularities to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is slated to hear Ghosh's petition on Friday, 6th September.

On August 23, the Calcutta High Court had ordered the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Kolkata Police to transfer its case involving financial irregularities against Ghosh, to the CBI.

The single judge bench of Justice Rajarshi Bhardwaj had passed the impugned order in a petition filed by former Deputy Superintendent Akhtar Ali of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital alleging serious financial misconduct by Dr. Ghosh at the hospital during his tenure as Principal.

The investigation into Ghosh began after a four-member SIT was formed to look into the alleged financial misconduct at the state-run health facility, where the body of a postgraduate trainee doctor was discovered on August 9.

It is noteworthy that Dr. Ghosh, who resigned from his post as principal on August 12 citing "moral responsibility" following the August 9 incident, was promptly appointed as the principal of another medical college in Kolkata.

Ghosh has been interrogated by the CBI as part of its investigation into the rape and murder of the doctor, an incident that has led to nationwide protests and prompted Supreme Court to take suo motu cognizance of the matter.

Notably, on August 21, the high court denied a plea by Dr. Sandip Ghosh, former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College, and his wife, seeking to restrain media outlets from conducting a "media trial" against them.

Case Title: Sandip Ghosh vs. The State of West Bengal