Overview

• Vineet Kumar Goyal tendered an unconditional apology in the Calcutta High Court for unintentionally revealing the RG Kar case victim’s name
• The division bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta accepted the apology and disposed of the contempt proceedings
• The court emphasized that disclosing a rape victim’s identity violates legal prohibitions and is not at all desirable
• Justice Mantha urged the creation of workshops for state and city police officials on handling sub-judice and sensitive matters in media interactions
• The CBI investigation into the August 2024 rape and murder continues with concerns over its neutrality given shared IPS batch affiliations between key officials