NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the alleged abduction of a Chandigarh-based dentist, Dr Mohit Dhawan, by Chandigarh Police personnel. This directive follows an order by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which called for the registration of an FIR and the […]
NEW DELHI: During the suo motu hearing of the RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case, the Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra, expressed deep concern over the “inhuman working hours” faced by resident doctors across the country. The Court noted that some doctors are required to work 36-hour […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the politicization of the August 9 rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. During a hearing on Thursday, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, criticized both the Central […]
NEW DELHI: A week after the Health Ministry issued guidelines mandating that FIRs be filed within six hours if a health attendant is attacked, Delhi Police registered an FIR against Israr for assaulting doctors at Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, Usmanpur. Israr, who brought his wife, Sameena Khan (52), for treatment, demanded a specific injection and […]
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has instructed social media platforms in India to comply with the Supreme Court’s August 20, 2024, order to remove all references, including names and photographs, of the deceased from the RG Kar Medical College incident. Social media platforms must report their compliance to MeitY. The […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police filed an FIR against 21 doctors from major hospitals like AIIMS and Safdarjung for protesting outside Nirman Bhawan against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. The doctors were charged under Section 143 IPC for unlawful assembly, violating a prohibitory order under […]
New Delhi: In a significant action against inadequate policing, seven officers from two police stations in northeast Delhi have been transferred to district lines due to their failure to address the activities of a notorious crime syndicate in the area. The decision follows numerous complaints of violence and intimidation by the syndicate, which had reportedly […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the CBI to submit a progress report on the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case by Thursday. The bench, comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, also instructed the West Bengal government to file a report by August 22 regarding the […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, during the hearing of the Kolkata rape and murder case, sharply criticized the West Bengal government, noting several issues, including the mob attacks on peaceful protestors and the delay in filing the FIR. The Supreme Court also established a National Task Force (NTF) for doctors, instructing it to […]
New Delhi: In a significant setback to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi has discharged Nitin Bhatnagar, a close associate of Ratul Puri, in a high-profile money laundering case involving Rs 7,979.30 crore linked to Moser Baer India Ltd. Bhatnagar, who was arrested on August 22 […]