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"What happens is if you live stream such matters which have emotive implications....if something is said by your lordships...we have a reputation", Sibal submitted today
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal today asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision of live streaming hearing like the suo motu case on RG Kar hospital incident owing to its high emotive implications.
As the case was taken up today, Sibal told the bench that his reputation was at stake.
Referring to the videos on him making the rounds where he is alleged to be laughing during one of the hearings on the issue, Sibal said, "we have 50 years of reputation, it is at stake..why to say that I WAS LAUGHING...I was not laughing..this is not fair..".
Clarifying the comment, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that he only stated that there was no reason to laugh.
The bench was further told that the female lawyers were getting threats of being raped, acid being thrown at them.
Taking stock of the situation, CJI Chandrachud assured Sibal that the intention was never to malign anyone's reputation. "We will take care of that in the future..Mr Sibal..", the CJI added.
The Supreme Court has been hearing a 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.
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. The CBI has registered an FIR, building on the initial police report, which includes charges of rape and murder.
Case Title: In Re Alleged Rape and Murder of Trainee Doctor in RG Kar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata and related issues
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