India, Feb. 20 -- Calcutta high court chief justice T S Sivagnanam recused himself on Thursday from hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought action against former Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal for revealing the name of the RG Kar hospital rape victim, lawyers who were present in court said.

The case, which the division bench of the chief justice and justice Chaitali Chatterjee was scheduled to hear, will be reassigned to another bench, court officials said.

Filed last year, the petition accused Goyal of disclosing the name and identity of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, 2024.

Goyal allegedly mentioned the victim...