Payal Tadvi

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the University Grants Commission to specify steps it has taken and proposed to take, to provide non-discriminatory, enabling environment for the students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who had allegedly committed suicide following alleged caste-based discrimination, seeking to end such bias in universities and other higher education institutions across the country.

Mothers of Payal Tadvi and Rohith Vemula who had committed suicide over alleged caste discrimination, have moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking directions for strict measures to end caste discrimination in university campuses.

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to three women doctors who were arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague Payal Tadvi.

The Bombay High Court hearing the bail pleas of three doctors accused of abetting the suicide of their junior colleague Payal Tadvi on Tuesday pulled up the prosecution for "lacunae" in investigation.

Two months after Payal Tadvi, a junior doctor at a hospital in Mumbai killed herself following alleged caste-based harassment, the Crime Branch on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against three of her seniors accused of abetting her suicide.

Months after the suicide of Payal Tadvi, a Mumbai-based doctor who killed herself over alleged harassment and casteist abuse by senior colleagues, an RTI reply has revealed that the hospital had received four ragging complaints in the past five years but met the students only once.

Photos of the purported suicide note left behind by Payal Tadvi, a doctor at a civic hospital in Mumbai who killed herself after alleged casteist slurs by her senior colleagues, have been recovered from her mobile phone, a lawyer privy to the case said Friday.

A special court in Mumbai today rejected the bail pleas of three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague at a civic body-run hospital.

Advocate Abad Ponda, appearing for the three accused, opposed the plea and said the accused persons were ready to cooperate with the investigation and can be taken from the jail daily for questioning.

A five-member team of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is in Mumbai to meet top government officials and the management of the BYL Nair Hospital regarding the Payal Tadvi suicide case.

Payal Tadvi, a gynaecologist at the BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai, committed suicide last month after her senior colleagues allegedly targeted her with casteist slurs. Three doctors were arrested for allegedly abetting her suicide in the days that followed.

A special court Friday sent three doctors of a state-run hospital, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague, to judicial custody till June 10.

The Mumbai police told a court today that there was no evidence to indicate that Payal Tadvi, junior doctor at a government hospital in the city, was murdered.

In a significant development, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch will take over the investigations into the alleged suicide of Mumbai medico Payal Tadvi, official sources said today.

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the University Grants Commission to specify steps it has taken and proposed to take, to provide non-discriminatory, enabling environment for the students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who had allegedly committed suicide following alleged caste-based discrimination, seeking to end such bias in universities and other higher education institutions across the country.

Mothers of Payal Tadvi and Rohith Vemula who had committed suicide over alleged caste discrimination, have moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking directions for strict measures to end caste discrimination in university campuses.

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to three women doctors who were arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague Payal Tadvi.

The Bombay High Court hearing the bail pleas of three doctors accused of abetting the suicide of their junior colleague Payal Tadvi on Tuesday pulled up the prosecution for "lacunae" in investigation.

Two months after Payal Tadvi, a junior doctor at a hospital in Mumbai killed herself following alleged caste-based harassment, the Crime Branch on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against three of her seniors accused of abetting her suicide.

Months after the suicide of Payal Tadvi, a Mumbai-based doctor who killed herself over alleged harassment and casteist abuse by senior colleagues, an RTI reply has revealed that the hospital had received four ragging complaints in the past five years but met the students only once.

Photos of the purported suicide note left behind by Payal Tadvi, a doctor at a civic hospital in Mumbai who killed herself after alleged casteist slurs by her senior colleagues, have been recovered from her mobile phone, a lawyer privy to the case said Friday.

A special court in Mumbai today rejected the bail pleas of three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague at a civic body-run hospital.

Advocate Abad Ponda, appearing for the three accused, opposed the plea and said the accused persons were ready to cooperate with the investigation and can be taken from the jail daily for questioning.

A five-member team of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is in Mumbai to meet top government officials and the management of the BYL Nair Hospital regarding the Payal Tadvi suicide case.

Payal Tadvi, a gynaecologist at the BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai, committed suicide last month after her senior colleagues allegedly targeted her with casteist slurs. Three doctors were arrested for allegedly abetting her suicide in the days that followed.

A special court Friday sent three doctors of a state-run hospital, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague, to judicial custody till June 10.

The Mumbai police told a court today that there was no evidence to indicate that Payal Tadvi, junior doctor at a government hospital in the city, was murdered.

In a significant development, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch will take over the investigations into the alleged suicide of Mumbai medico Payal Tadvi, official sources said today.