New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 17) dismissed a plea seeking resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
‘This is not a political forum’, CJI Chandrachud reprimanded lawyer
“This is not a political forum alright. You are a member of the bar. We do not require your affirmation of what we say. What you say has to abide by the rules of legal discipline. We are not here to see what you feel about a political functionary. We are dealing with the specific grievances of the doctors. If you ask me to direct that CM should resign that’s not part of our remit,” Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud told the lawyer.
The lawyer, however, continued to make submissions.
CJI Chardrachud then warned the lawyer to get him removed from the court if he continued to make submissions.
“I will have you removed from this court,” the CJI told the lawyer.
Apex Court was hearing suo motu cognisance of rape, murder of woman doctor
The CJI-led bench was hearing a suo motu cognisance of rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor in the seminar room of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
The top court, which had earlier directed the CBI to file the status report on the investigation of the rape and murder case of the trainee woman doctor, perused the status report filed by the CBI. The bench, which also comprised Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra, said that disclosing the leads of the investigation would not be fair as it would only lead to the dislocation of the investigation and jeopardise further investigation.
Apex Court also asked CBI to look into suggestions given by father of the deceased
The bench also directed the CBI to look into the suggestions given by the father of the deceased on the leads that should be taken up for investigation.
“The father of the deceased has made some suggestions on the leads that should be taken up for investigation. We are not making them public, we will say that these are valuable inputs and the CBI should look into them,” the apex court bench said.
Apex Court refused to stop live proceedings
When the hearing into the matter commenced, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for the West Bengal government, sought stopping of live proceedings in the case, alleging that women lawyers of the chamber are facing acid attacks and rape threats.
The bench, however, refused to stop the live proceedings of the case and assured Sibal that the court would step in if there were any threats to lawyers and others.