Kolkata Murder Supreme Court Hearing Highlights: Court extends ex-RG Kar principal Ghosh, cop's custody by 3 days

IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) for Kolkata following the removal of Vineet Kumar Goyal from the position on Tuesday. The decision comes after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee agreed to the demands made by junior doctors protesting the recent rape and murder case at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Former CP Vineet Kumar Goyal has been reassigned as the ADG and Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Special Task Force in West Bengal.

The government also removed Dr Kaustav Nayak and Dr Debasish Halder from the position of Director of Medical Education (DME) and the Director of Health Services (DHS) respectively, a health department order said. Dr Swapan Soren was appointed the new in-charge director of health services and Dr Suparna Dutta officer on special duty of medical education, it added.

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08:06 (IST) Sep 17

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07:55 (IST) Sep 17

Kolkata Murder Supreme Court Hearing Live Updates: ED conducts search operation across Kolkata over financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

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07:51 (IST) Sep 17

Kolkata Murder Supreme Court Hearing Live Updates: “Justice for R G Kar”

Kites with the message “Justice for R G Kar” sold out quickly at Santosh Mitra Square before Viswakarma Puja. Saikat Dutta, owner of India Kite shop, sold over a thousand of these kites in the past week. “We produced around 1,200 kites, and they became a bestseller despite slow business due to rain and protests,” he said.

07:43 (IST) Sep 17

We accepted 99 pc of medic’s demands, police commissioner to be removed, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

07:42 (IST) Sep 17

Kolkata Murder Supreme Court Hearing Live Updates: 210 lawyers attends RG Kar hearings in SC

A total of 210 lawyers' appearances have been recorded as respondents on September 9, with seven representing the petitioners and seven appearing as applicants in person. On the first day of the hearing, Chief Justice Chandrachud acknowledged the extensive range of applications filed in the case and organized the hearing into categories. On September 9, the Supreme Court addressed issues such as CISF accommodation, the CBI investigation into the RG Kar incident, the junior doctors' protest, and the infrastructure of medical colleges and hospitals.

07:39 (IST) Sep 17

Kolkata Murder Supreme Court Hearing Live: Stir call today, says doctors

Doctors, after returning to their Swasthya Bhavan protest site, said they would be discussing whatever transpired at the Kalighat meeting at a general body meeting on Tuesday and then take a final call on their cease-work.

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07:38 (IST) Sep 17

Kolkata Murder Supreme Court Hearing: Union minister and West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar after CM’s meeting

'Mamata Banerjee agreed to some demands (put forth by junior doctors), while earlier she was refusing to agree to them. This agitation has been going on in every corner of Bengal and the people of Bengal have lost all faith in this CM. BJP knows this is systematic failure and the person responsible for it is Mamata Banerjee. So, BJP demands that Mamata Banerjee should resign,' says Union minister and West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar after CM Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with a delegation of junior doctors in Kolkata on Monday.

07:35 (IST) Sep 17

Kolkata Murder Hearing Live: Bengal govt removes CP, DME, DHS; CM wants doctors to return to work

The doctors presented five basic demands at the CM's residence: disciplinary action against former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and deputy commissioners of police Gupta and Indira Mukherjee; the removal of Director of Medical Education Nayek, Director of Health Services Haldar, state health secretary N.S. Nigam, and Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal; enhanced security and amenities for doctors at state-run hospitals; an end to the "threat culture" targeting doctors; and justice for the RG Kar junior doctor who was raped and murdered at her workplace on August 9.

The Supreme Court has initiated a suo-motu case concerning the alleged rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The Court stated, “We have looked at the CBI report, disclosing the status will jeopardise further investigation.” Additionally, the SC refused to stop the live streaming of proceedings related to this suo-motu case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will continue hearing the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Junior doctors reached her Kalighat residence around 6.25 pm after a four-hour general body meeting, which followed meetings at individual medical colleges. There was no demand for any livestreaming but two stenogra phers accompanied the 42 junior doctors. The junior doctors relented to revising their call for first livestreaming and then video-recording to finally agree to the minutes of the meeting being recorded and signed by both sides. Sept 9, a total of 210 lawyers' appearances have been recorded as the respondents, seven for petitioners and seven are applicants in person. On the first day of hearing of the matter, CJI Chandrachud had acknowledged the wide range of applications that have been filed in the case and categorised the hearing.

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