September 6, 2024: The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh, who has found himself at the centre of a storm after a trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the institution last month, challenging a Calcutta High Court order transferring the investigation into the corruption case against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also refused his plea to be added as a party to petition alleging financial irregularities at the institute during his tenure.

The top court also refused to remove some comments by the High Court linking the corruption allegations with the rape of the trainee doctor in Kolkata on August 9.