The Supreme Court docket of India has strongly condemned the West Bengal authorities’s directive stopping feminine docs from working night time shifts in state-run hospitals. This order was issued following the tragic rape and homicide of a feminine physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital on August 9. The apex courtroom, nevertheless, emphasised the necessity for enhanced safety measures as a substitute of limiting ladies from working night time shifts.
CJI: Girls Require Safety, Not Concessions
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, who presided over the listening to, expressed his disapproval of the state’s notification. Talking to the West Bengal authorities’s counsel, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, he questioned the rationale behind limiting ladies from working night time shifts. “How will you say ladies can not work at night time? Why restrict ladies docs? They do not desire a concession; ladies are able to work in the identical shift,” the CJI remarked.
The Supreme Court docket highlighted that the difficulty might be resolved by offering ample safety for ladies, slightly than curbing their skilled obligations. “It’s your duty to offer safety; you can not prohibit ladies from working at night time. Pilots, military personnel, and others work throughout nighttime hours,” the CJI added.
Supreme Court docket Orders Modification of Notification
The courtroom directed the West Bengal authorities to revise its order, making it clear that girls shouldn’t be restricted based mostly on the time of their shifts. The bench reiterated that girls in numerous professions, together with these in aviation and the army, work in the course of the night time, and limiting ladies docs based mostly on time alone is unjustified. The courtroom emphasised that safety is paramount, and it’s the state’s responsibility to make sure a protected working atmosphere for all workers, together with feminine medical professionals.
Name to Take away Sufferer’s Identify from Wikipedia
Throughout the listening to, the Supreme Court docket additionally addressed the difficulty of privateness, particularly ordering Wikipedia to take away the title of the sufferer from its platform. This directive goals to safeguard the dignity of the deceased and guarantee privateness in delicate instances like this one.
