The Supreme Court on Monday urged the protesting doctors to report to work by 5 pm tomorrow as West Bengal government's counsel Kapil Sibal requested the court to indicate proceedings would be initiated against them.
The court was hearing the RG Kar Medical College case where Sibal argued that 23 people have died and 6,000 were affected since doctors were not coming to work protesting over the trainee doctor's rape and murder.
"The state, in affidavit, has indicated that funds have been sanctioned for carrying out safety measures. This shall be monitored by District Collectors. In order to create sense of confidence we state that in the event that doctors come to work by 5 PM tomorrow, not adverse actions...," said a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.
"We can record that if doctors resume to work, no adverse action but if they do not resume work as doctors then we cannot restrain state government from taking actions," Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said. The CJI also urged the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government to take steps to create a degree of confidence in the minds of the doctors that concerns regarding their safety and duly be catered to.
"The police shall ensure that necessary conditions are created for ensuring the safety of all doctors (including provisions for separate duty rooms; toilet facilities; installation of CCTV cameras," Chandrachud added.
The Supreme Court has listed the next hearing, in the case of rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R Kar hospital, today. A bench consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is slated to hear the matter, after the initial hearing took place on August 22 when the court took suo moto cognisance of the case.
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