3 min readNew DelhiApr 28, 2026 04:02 AM IST The Supreme Court on Monday, taking suo motu cognisance of a case of assault of a woman advocate who was allegedly stabbed several times by her husband, directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to handover the probe “to a fairly senior officer, preferably a woman officer”. Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi further directed the investigating officer to also look into the aspect of the woman being taken to four hospitals before finally being admitted to AIIMS New Delhi. Of the four other hospitals, three of them — GTB Hospital, Kailash Deepak Hospital, and R K Hospital — allegedly refused admission, while the fourth, Jag Pravesh Hospital, only provided her first aid before referring her to another hospital. The bench also directed the National Legal Services Authority, through its Member Secretary, to release an interim sum of Rs 3 lakh in favour of the woman, taking into account that she is “seemingly in dire need of financial assistance, especially to undergo treatment and to look …