New division bench of Calcutta HC to hear RG Kar rape-murder case today

A new division bench of the Calcutta High Court, Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, will hear on Tuesday the case on the 2024 ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. 

As per the cause list of the Calcutta High Court, the hearing in the matter will start



at 1 p.m.

After the previous division bench headed by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha recused from hearing the matter on May 12, observing that ?this important case needs to be heard quickly?, the Calcutta High Court?s Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, on May 15, referred the matter to the new division bench of Justice Sarkar and Justice Ghosh.