Show cause notice issued to doctor for assaulting elderly in-laws
Bengaluru, Mar 16 (PTI): The medical education department has issued a show cause notice to a doctor from Victoria Hospital for allegedly assaulting her elderly in-laws and harassing them along with her children, officials said on Sunday.
According to an official statement, a video of Dr Priyadarshini, an emergency medical officer at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), allegedly assaulting her elderly in-laws along with her children recently went viral.
"Reports indicate that she has been harassing them for the past ten years. She had already filed for divorce but allegedly went to her in-laws' residence and physically attacked them. A case has been registered at a Bengaluru police station in connection with this incident," it stated.
A senior police officer said the matter came to light on March 14 when the video went viral. The doctor's father-in-law approached with a complaint at Annapurneshwari Nagar police station, following which a case was registered.
The doctor was arrested and later released on station bail the same day, he said.
"Following the direction from Mohammad Mohsin, principal secretary, medical education department, Dr Priyadarshini from Victoria Hospital has been asked to submit a written explanation regarding the incident, failing which further disciplinary action will be taken," the statement from the medical education department said.
Taking the matter seriously, Mohsin stated that such behaviour brings embarrassment to the department. He immediately directed director of medical education (DME) Dr Sujatha Rathod to issue a show cause notice to Dr Priyadarshini.
Mohsin had previously brought to the Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil's attention cases of elderly parents being abandoned in hospitals, often after transferring their assets to others. He had also made recommendations for legal action in such cases, it stated.
It is deeply disturbing to see elderly parents suffering abuse at the hands of their daughters-in-law. One such horrifying case involves Dr. Priyadarshini N, a doctor at Victoria Government Hospital, who harassed her in-laws for over a decade. Her mistreatment forced them to… pic.twitter.com/FPh2IpmHq9
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PIL against racial violence: SC asks attorney general to consider plea
New Delhi (PTI): Identifying persons on grounds of race, region, sex and caste would amount to treading a regressive path, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while refusing to entertain a PIL seeking to prevent discrimination and violence against citizens from the northeast and other regions.
“A crime is a crime and it must be dealt with an iron hand,” a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said. It asked Attorney General R Venkataramani to consider and refer the petition to an appropriate authority.
"Identifying persons on the ground of race, region, sex and caste would amount to treading a regressive path after so many years of independence," the bench said.
At the outset, petitioner Anoop Prakash Awasthi, a Delhi-based lawyer, said the matter was raised on the floor of Parliament but lawmakers declined to make any such agency to deal with such hate crimes.
The PIL was filed on December 28 last year in the backdrop of the brutal killing of Anjel Chakma, a 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura. Chakma died on December 26, 2025 to grievous injuries sustained in a racially motivated attack in Selaqui area of Dehradun.
The lawyer said no one came forward to save Chakma.
The apex court refused to entertain the PIL and said, “As of now, we deem it appropriate that the aforesaid issue ought to be brought before the competent authority.”
“The instant writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to hand over the soft copy of the petition to the office of AG , also along with a copy of this order,” the bench said, adding that the top law officer will do the needful.
The PIL has sought judicial intervention to address the "continuing constitutional failure" to prevent and respond to racial discrimination and violence against citizens from northeastern states and other frontier regions.
Chakma had gone to Dehradun after completing his graduation in Holy Cross School, Agartala, to pursue an MBA. He was stabbed to death in the presence of his younger brother Michael.
His family members want capital punishment or at least life imprisonment for all the accused involved in the incident. The plea made the Centre and all the states and Union territories as parties.
