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Police officers were directed to submit weekly status reports before the bench to be constituted by the Chief Justice of the High Court. On November 11, the apex court stayed the high court order and directed the state to submit the list of seven IPS officers.
The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a special investigation team of the West Bengal Police to probe allegations of custodial torture of two women who took part in protests following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. (SIT) appointed. The top court order sets aside the Calcutta High Court’s November 6 decision to hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said that we have great confidence in the young IPS officers. When he reconstituted the SIT formed by the state government along with Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Akash Magharia, Howrah Superintendent of Police.
Police officers were directed to submit weekly status reports before the bench to be constituted by the Chief Justice of the High Court. On November 11, the top court stayed the high court order and directed the state to submit a list of seven IPS officers, five of whom were women, who were serving in Bengal but not from the West Bengal cadre. SIT will immediately take over the investigation of the FIR without any delay. All the records of the investigation should be handed over to the SIT during the day. A bench headed by Justice Kant said. The three officers were allowed to include officers of their choice in the investigation.
The Mamata Banerjee government approached the top court challenging the High Court order, alleging that the High Court had passed 88 orders transferring investigation of various cases to the CBI, which had a depressing effect on the state police and impartial conduct. Doubts arose over his ability to do so.
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