Addressing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who was appearing for the State of West Bengal, CJI said, "Mr.Sibal, you have to look at it. The answer to it is that you must give security. West Bengal should correct the notification, your duty is to provide security, you cannot say that women (doctors) cannot work at night! pilots, the army etc all work at night.." CJI said. CJI noted that the Supreme Court, in Anuj Garg case, had struck down a condition issued by the Punjab Government preventing women from working in liquor shops. CJI said that in Anuj Garg case, it was laid down that under the guise of protection, restrictions can't be placed on women's freedoms.

During the hearing of the suo motu case on the RG Kar Hospital crime, the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was told by Senior Advocate Haripriya Padmanabhan about this notification of the Government.  CJI DY Chandrachud said that the State, instead of increasing security for women, can't say that women doctors should not work at night. "How can you say women cannot work at night? Why limit the women doctors? They don't want a concession...women are ready to work at exactly the same time shift," CJI said.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 17) expressed disapproval of a notification issued by the West Bengal Government which stated that night duty should be avoided for female doctors. The notification was issued for the "safety of women doctors" in the wake of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital Kolkata. During the hearing of the suo motu case on the RG Kar Hospital crime, the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was told by Senior Advocate Haripriya Padmanabhan about this notification of the Government. 

RG Kar Case | 'You Can't Say Women Doctors Can't Work At Night, Your Duty Is To Provide Security' : Supreme Court To West Bengal Govt

The case has engaged an audience across the country, specifically in Bengal, who are hanging on to the orders of the bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. The Supreme Court had taken suo motu cognisance of the case, amalgamating it with the larger worry of doctors across the country over infrastructural and security woes in medical colleges and hospitals. of Sept 9, a total of 210 lawyers' appearances have been recorded as the respondents, seven for petitioners and seven are applicants in person. On the first day of hearing of the matter, CJI Chandrachud had acknowledged the wide range of applications that have been filed in the case and categorised the hearing. In fact, on Sept 9, the apex court heard the matters in categories like CISF accommodation issue, CBI probe into the RG Kar incident, junior doctors' protest and infrastructure of medical colleges and hospitals.

Usually in a rape-murder case, lawyers representing the victims, accused, CBI and the state appear. But since this case has partaken in other matters and there seems to be numerous intervenors, the number of lawyers appearing has also increased, criminal lawyer Jayanta Narayan Chatterjee said.

According to an advocate appearing in one of the matters, who wishes to remain anonymous as he will be appearing in the hearing on Tuesday, the large number of lawyer appearances recorded in this case was not one of its kind. "Previously, too, there have been cases where the number of lawyers appearing had exceeded 100," the advocate said. Senior advocate Milon Mukherjee, who is scheduled to appear in the Supreme Court on Sept 24 for the SSC case, said this case had 33 matters, which means there will be at least two lawyers - a senior and a junior - appearing for each matter. Thus, roughly 100 lawyers would be present for the hearing. "Normally, we don't see these many lawyers appearing in a matter but in cases where individual cases are turned into PILs, the magnitude increases," Mukherjee said.

In the brutal rape-murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, 210 lawyers' appearance was recorded by the Supreme Court in the last hearing on Sept 9.

Kolkata Doctor Murder Case Live: New commissioner of Kolkata Police, ADG & IGP, STF appointed IPS Manoj Verma appointed new commissioner of Kolkata Police Vineet Goyal has been appointed as ADG STF Varma, who was the ADG Law and Order, is being replaced by Jawed Shamim Dipak Sarkar is being appointed as DC North

Kolkata Doctor Murder Case Live: After ire, Manoj Kumar Verma made new commissioner of Kolkata Police, Vineet Goyal removed Senior IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma was made the new commissioner of Kolkata Police on Tuesday, replacing Vineet Goyal, according to a notification. The decision to remove Goyal, who was under fire over handling of the rape and murder of the doctor at the RG Kar hospital, was announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night after her meeting with agitating medics. Goyal, who was of the 1994 batch, was made the ADG and IGP of West Bengal Police's Special Task Force (STF). Verma, an officer of the 1998 batch, was the ADG and IGP (Law & Order) in his last assignment. Jawed Shamim, an IPS officer of the 1995 batch, was made the ADG and IGP (Law & Order).