Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:24pm on 29 Jan 2025,Wednesday India
The Supreme Court has directed hospitals, including AIIMS Delhi, to regularize the unauthorized absence of doctors who participated in protests following the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College in August 2024. A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna clarified that protesting doctors who returned to work post-SC order should not be penalized for their absence. The ruling followed a submission from a doctors' body concerned about the treatment of the period as leave, which could affect medical students. The decision comes after the conviction of Sanjay Roy for the crime.
