Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, informed the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that the CBI has not yet handed over all the documents related to the chargesheet filed by the agency in the financial irregularities case at the state-government-run medical institution.
Ghosh’s lawyer Ayan Bhattacharya informed the division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Gauranga Kanter that out of 462 documents related to the case, they have received only 216 documents from the CBI so far. The court instructed the CBI to hand over the remaining documents by Wednesday, relisting the matter for the next hearing on February 18.
The two-judge bench stated that since government officials are involved in this case, it is essential to resolve the allegations against them quickly. It observed that a swift trial in accordance with the law in this case will strengthen public confidence in the judicial system.
The court emphasized that such allegations of corruption have wide-ranging implications within the administration, affecting both public healthcare and governance. The division bench reiterated that the trial should commence in the RG Kar financial irregularities case as soon as possible.
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Additionally, during the day's hearing, the high court strictly observed that since Ghosh has been suspended by the West Bengal Medical Council and his registration has been revoked as well, he will not be recognized as a doctor at this time.
During the hearings of the financial irregularities case at the special CBI court in Kolkata’s Alipore, Ghosh’s legal team, along with the defence for the other accused, consistently argued that the CBI had delayed submitting crucial documents, even after filing the chargesheet in November last year.
Meanwhile, on January 28, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of the Calcutta High Court directed that the charge-framing process in the case must commence within seven days.
However, due to the appeals filed by Ghosh and other accused at the high court, the charge framing process and the trials are yet to begin at the special court.
