Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Crime-Justice

RG Kar rape and murder: SC transfers suo moto case to Calcutta High Court

IANS | December 17, 2025 05:26 PM

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred to the Calcutta High Court the suo motu proceedings it had initiated in the aftermath of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma directed that the matter be placed before a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court to oversee compliance with the directions earlier issued by the apex court.

“We deem it appropriate to refer the matter to a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court with a request to the Chief Justice to place the matter before an appropriate Bench. Registry to transmit all the matters to the Calcutta High Court, ” the Justice Sundresh-led Bench ordered.

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