Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, rejected a West Bengal government order directing the transfer of a junior doctor who became a face of the movement after the rape-murder of a woman medico at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in August last year.

Rejecting the order for transfer of Dr Aniket Mahato, as “senior resident” to Raiganj Medical College & Hospital at far-away North Dinajpur district in North Bengal, the single-judge bench of Justice Biswajit Basu, ordered that the posting of Mahato will be R.G. Kar, his “first choice posting” that he mentioned during the counselling session to determine postings of senior resident doctors.

Incidentally, Mahato did his post-graduation from R.G. Kar.

On Wednesday, Justice Basu observed that

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