Kolkata Rape and Murder Case: Members of the National Task Force (NTF) formed by the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court (SC) bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra, in its order concerning the rape and murder case of a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor, ordered the formation of the National Task Force (NTF) to remedy the issues of concern on safety, working conditions and well-being of medical professionals. The members of the NTF include,

• “Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, AVSM, VSM, Director General, Medical Services (Navy);
• Dr. D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad;
• Dr. M Srinivas, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi;
• Dr. Pratima Murthy, Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru;
• Dr. Goverdhan Dutt Puri, Executive Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur;
• Dr. Saumitra Rawat, Chairperson, Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology, GI and HPB Onco-Surgery and Liver Transplantation and Member, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi ; Member, Court of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons, England;
• Professor Anita Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, Pandit B D Sharma Medical University, Rohtak. Formerly Dean of Academics, Chief-Cardiothoracic Centre and Head Cardiology Department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi;
• Dr. Pallavi Saple, Dean, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai; and
• Dr. Padma Srivastava, formerly Professor at the Department of Neurology, AIIMS Delhi. Currently serving as the Chairperson of Neurology at Paras Health Gurugram.”

The bench added that the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India; Home Secretary, Government of India; Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Chairperson, National Medical Commission; and President, National Board of Examinations should be the ex-officio members of the MTF.