Overview

• Justice Tirthankar Ghosh declined to hear the plea seeking further investigation into the RG Kar rape-murder case.
• He ruled the petition must be taken up by the division bench that is already considering appeals by the CBI and convict Sanjay Roy.
• The case papers will be sent to the Chief Justice for listing before the division bench led by Justice Debangshu Basak.
• The family's lawyer, Phiroze Edulji, told the court they had no objection to the matter being heard by that bench.
• Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, was convicted and is serving a life sentence for the August 2024 crime that sparked nationwide protests.