“Assure Doctors We Are Concerned”: Supreme Court’s Top Quotes

The Supreme Court today resumed hearing in a case related to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing the matter.

Here are the top remarks and observations made by the Supreme Court:

“Let the health professionals return to work and once they return to duties the court will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action””We have referred to the working conditions in general. We have gone to public hospitals. I have slept on the floor of a government hospital when one of my family members was sick. We know that doctors work over 36 hours.””The duty is almost 48 hours, then you are neither in a physical or mental state to resist if somebody is teasing you. I am not even going into serious crimes.””How would the public health infrastructure function if doctors did not return to work.””Doctors must resume work, we assure them there will be no victimisation.””I have not come across a case like this in my last 30 years, Bengal not following criminal procedure code.”