New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred the monitoring of the investigation into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to the Calcutta high court and directed the status reports filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the case to be supplied to the victim's father.

The order was passed in a suo motu proceeding initiated by the top court soon after the incident took place in August 2023, which led to widespread protests as the incident occurred when the doctor was on duty, raising concerns among doctors of safety at workplace. The court had subsequently constituted a national task force (NTF) to recommend on the working conditions and well-being of...