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SC Refuses Blanket Protection For Protesting Doctors, Mulls Shifting RG Kar Case To High Court | India News

SC Refuses Blanket Protection For Protesting Doctors, Mulls Shifting RG Kar Case To High Court | India News

Last Updated:November 19, 2025, 23:26 IST The bench also observed that the matter could not be heard “piecemeal,” indicating that it was inclined to transfer the entire case to Delhi or Calcutta High Court. Supreme Court of India (Credits: PTI Photo) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it cannot pass “blanket orders” protecting doctors involved in protests in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year. A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma remarked that such protection would amount to interference with police authority, noting that the police “has a right to call” individuals for questioning, news agency PTI reported. The bench also observed that the matter could not be heard “piecemeal,” indicating that it was inclined to transfer the entire case — including issues linked to ongoing protests — to the Calcutta High Court, which is already hearing several related petitions. “We are grappling with so many things and there is no end to this. It is …