Archive · 30 Jul 2025
Calcutta High Court to Hear Doctors' Plea After RG Kar Protests
Some doctors who protested after a terrible crime at their hospital were moved to different jobs by the government.
The doctors think this was a punishment and took their case to court.
The court will now listen to their arguments.
The government wanted the case handled differently, but the court disagreed.
One doctor hasn't started their new job yet, and the court wants to make sure he gets a suitable position.
Calcutta High Court to hear a plea from three doctors transferred after RG Kar protests.
The doctors, Aniket Mahato, Ashfaqulla Naiya, and Debashis Halder, led protests over a colleague's rape and murder.
The state transferred the doctors to different districts after their initial postings.
The doctors claim the transfers are punitive and arbitrary.
The court rejected the state's plea to move the case to the State Administrative Tribunal.
- Who
- Three doctors (Aniket Mahato, Ashfaqulla Naiya, Debashis Halder) and the state government
- What
- A hearing regarding the transfer of doctors after protests.
- When
- Recent
- Where
- Calcutta High Court
- Why
- Doctors claim the transfers are punitive; state argues it is routine posting.
Doctors' Stance
State Government's View
Transfer Rationale
Doctors' Stance
Transfers are punitive due to their involvement in protests.
State Government's View
The state says the transfers are standard procedure.
- Doctors involved
- Aniket Mahato, Ashfaqulla Naiya, Debashis Halder
- Issue
- Challenging their transfers
- Court
- Calcutta High Court
- Cause of protests
- Rape and murder of a colleague
- Transferred to
- Malda, Purulia, Uttar Dinajpur
