Kolkata: With senior advocate of Supreme Court, Vrinda Grover stepping down as the counsel who was representing the parents of the rape and murder victim in the RG Kar case, another senior advocate of the Apex Court, Karuna Nundy, is likely to take over the case.
Even as no specific reason was given by Grover for her decision, her chambers released a statement to back the move. The statement read that on account of certain intervening factors and circumstances, her chamber is constrained to withdraw from the case proceedings in this matter and will no longer be representing the victim’s family. The concerned trial court has also been informed accordingly and the counsels stand discharged
from the trial. Grover’s team, including advocates Soutik Banerjee and Arjun Gooptu, were requested by the victim Abhaya’s parents to provide legal representation before the Supreme Court, Calcutta High Court and the Sealdah Sessions Court and ACJM Court. Her chamber provided legal services and representation, completely pro bono to the victim’s family before all courts from September 2024, a period of almost three months.
“The victim’s family has been represented everyday in the day- to-day trial in Sealdah sessions court since 04 November, 2024 and also before the ACJM Court for remand hearing on all dates of production since 25 September, 2024. During this period, the evidence of 43 prosecution witnesses has been recorded and bail of other accused persons consistently and successfully opposed.
The remaining prosecution evidence is due to be completed in the next 2-3 days.
The prosecution has been assisted professionally by the complainant counsels and the same has been observed by the learned trial court on multiple occasions,” the statement read.
Amidst such a decision, it has reportedly come to light that another senior advocate Karuna Nundy, who was representing the senior doctors at the Apex Court in the RG Kar case, is now likely to represent the parents of the victim in the court of law.
However, there was no
official reaction from the side of Nundy till the time this report was filed.