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During the Supreme Court's hearing of the suo motu case registered on the incident from August 9, 2024 where a young doctor working at a medical college in Kolkata was brutally raped and murdered, the Solicitor General flagged the issue of Kolkata Police hiding information from the CBI, who is currently investigating the matter.

The SG asked why the copy of status report submitted by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing on behalf of Kolkata Police, before the CJI Chandrachud led bench was not provided to him.

This exchange ensued: 

SG: What is filed by Mr. Sibal has not been served on me..

Sibal: It has not been filed, only copy given to judges..

"Why to hide things from the CBI!", SG Mehta adds.

A status report on behalf of the CBI was also placed before Court today. On the basis of the same, SG Tushar Mehta submitted before court about some serious issues with the forensic report.

On this aspect court has directed CBI to file a fresh report by the next date of hearing for considering the same. "We will take it up on next Tuesday", court has added.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) began investigating the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata, following the Calcutta High Court's decision to transfer the case to CBI due to the lack of progress in the state police's investigation and suspicion of evidence tampering.

Previously, the Supreme Court of India had also set up a National Task Force to develop a national protocol aimed at ensuring the safety and protection of women doctors across the country.

Top Court took cognizance of the issues after letter petitions were filed addressing the Chief Justice of India asking him to take suo moto cognizance of this case and issue directions for an immediate and impartial investigation into the attacks on doctors protesting against the incident at the R.G. Kar Medical College.

The victim was found dead in a seminar hall at the hospital last Friday. The CBI has registered an FIR, building on the initial police report, which includes charges of rape and murder.