RG Kar rape and murder Case: Supreme court take suo-motu cognizance, to hear matter on priority on Tuesday
New Delhi: The apex court of the country, the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the recent rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital. The matter will be taken up by a bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on August 20, Tuesday.
"Suo motu cognizance" is a legal term that refers to the authority of a court to take action on its own, without a formal complaint or petition being filed by a party.
This comes after two lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court, Advocate Rohit Pandey and Ujjawal Gaur last Thursday wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud urging him to take auto moto cognizance of incident that tool place Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College. "The nation looks to the judiciary as the ultimate guardian of justice, the last refuge for those whose cries have been silenced by brutality. The victim in this case, a young doctor whose life was dedicated to serving others, deserves nothing less than the full measure of justice that our legal system can provide. Her death must not be in vain, it must galvanize us to act, to ensure that no other woman suffers such a fate," stated the letter.
The letter further added that time has come for the judiciary to send a clear and resounding message that such heinous crimes will not be tolerated, that the sanctity of life and the dignity of women must be fiercely protected by the full might of the law.
Meanwhile, the protests of doctors condemning the heinous crime, demanding justice for their fellow doctor and implementation of Central Protection Act continued across the country today .
