• Counsel for junior doctors Indira Jaising tells the bench eight doctors are on hunger strike and this should end too.
  
• CJI Chandrachud asks state's counsel Rakesh Dwivedi to give information on (1) legal source of authority for hiring civic volunteers; (2) the qualifications; (3) the institutions in which they are assigned duties; (4) the payments made on daily and monthly basis and the budget.
  
• They are at work my lords: Nundy
  
• They have to be on work for that: CJI Chandrachud
  
• Nundy suggests for the doctors to be on the committee for security audits
  
• Another incident happened in a Kolkata hospital where a girl was molested in a lift of the hospital by the coach staff - such a suggestion, the CCTVs be there in the hospital lifts: alleges counsel Phiroze Eduljee
  
• The integrated system must ensure that referral made to the hospital should have adequate doctors and facilities, patients say that the referrals are made on wrong hospitals and then they take out their anger on the doctors: Indira Jaising, counsel for junior doctors
  
• As regards the status of the work at RG Kar the affidavit contains the following....Mr Dwivedi has assured the court that all the ongoing shortfall work at 228 medical colleges will be completed by 21 Oct and at RG Kar on 31 October: CJI Chandrachud
  
• CJI Chandrachud says since it is an affidavit it cannot be ignored, can be inspected
  
• Nundy says our doctors are saying work is not being done at this scale
  
• West Bengal health secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam explains the government's stand
  
• Counsel for doctors Karuna Nundy disputes West Bengal government's claims on installing security apparatus
  
• Have biometric access facilities been installed in restrooms and critical areas, CJI asks
  
• The bench is studying the Bengal government affidavit
  
• Bengal government submits affidavit on work done so far for hospital security, state's counsel says even in RG Kar, the work will be completed by October 31
  
• CJI: We'll give the NTF three weeks to meet
  
• The Union government must make proactive efforts so that the work of the task force is completed in a reasonable timeframe in the future: CJI
  
• CJI dictates order on the progress made by the task force on doctors' safety
  
• CJI asks why no progress in the task force the last meeting of which was held on September 9, asks task force to expedite work
  
• CBI has been in direct touch with the parents of the deceased and have been apprised of the steps taken so far....the MEITY has contacted the parents of the deceased to ensure that any information of the deceased on any intermediary platform is pulled down: CJI
  
• The CBI has also highlighted the development in relation to the financial irregularities in the RG Kar Hospital....the further investigation both wrt the incident of 9 August and the alleged financial irregularities may continue....status report be submitted within 3 weeks: CJI Chandrachud
  
• SG Tushar Mehta says CBI officials are in direct touch with the parents of the victim
  
• The report of CBI says that chargesheet for alleged role of others is a subject matter of investigation. The CBI has also received communications pertaining to certain parties, those are also being looked into by CBI: CJI Chandrachud
  
• In the 5th status report dated 15 oct submitted by CBI is has been stated that on the basis of the investigation thus far, a chargesheet has been submitted on 7 October for offences un/s 64,66 of the BNS against accused Sanjoy Roy. By an order dated the ACGM Sealdah has taken cognisance of the case, the hearing for consideration of trial is fixed for November 4: CJI Chandrachud
  
• CJI Chandrachud refers to the sections under BNS in which the chargesheet was filed by CBI

• CJI Chandrachud, Justice Pardiwala and Justice Misra read the reports
  
• SG Tushar Mehta says affidavit filed on task force update and status report on investigation into the rape and murder submitted before the bench
  
• CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra take their seats
  
• Supreme Court three member bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud to hear case related to rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital soon

The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing a suo motu (on its own motion) case related to the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing the matter.

At the outset, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the (Central Bureau of Investigation) CBI, informed the bench that investigation was going on in the matter with "utmost seriousness".

The hearing is currently underway.

The apex court on September 30 had expressed dissatisfaction over the "tardy" progress made by the West Bengal government over the installation of CCTVs and construction of toilets and separate resting rooms in government medical colleges, and directed the state to complete the ongoing work by October 15.

On September 17, the top court said it was disturbed by the findings given in the CBI's status report in the case while refusing to divulge the details and observed that any disclosure may jeopardise the ongoing investigation.

Earlier, on September 9, the top court had expressed its concern over the absence of the "challan" -- a key document forwarding the body of the junior doctor for postmortem -- from the records placed before it and sought a report from the West Bengal government.

On August 22, the apex court had pulled up the Kolkata police over the delay in registering the unnatural death case of the woman doctor, calling it "extremely disturbing" and questioned the sequence of events apart from the timing of its procedural formalities.

The top court had constituted a 10-member National Task Force to formulate a protocol for ensuring the safety and security of doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Terming the incident as "horrific", the apex court had censured the state government over the alleged delay in filing of the FIR and allowing thousands of people to vandalise the state-run facility.

The incident, which saw the doctor being killed with her body showing injury marks, had sparked nationwide protests. A civic volunteer was arrested by the Kolkata police in connection with the case the following day of the crime.

On August 13, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata police to the CBI, which began its investigation on August 14.

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