Payal tadvi

Payal Tadvi, a tribal student at TN Topiwala National Medical College in Mumbai, committed suicide on May 22 this year owing to alleged caste-based discrimination. While Payal had left a suicide note, naming three doctors who allegedly harassed her,... read more

Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, said there are UGC regulations against caste-based discrimination but they are not being implemented. read more

A plea to the SC highlights continued discrimination, offers remedies read more

The Bombay High Court also questioned the state government for inaction against authorities who were aware of the ragging incidents faced by Tadvi. read more

The crime branch has charged the three senior doctors arrested in the case with destruction of evidence — apart from abetment to suicide and ragging read more

Tadvi, who belonged to the Scheduled Tribe community, ended her life in her hostel room at BYL Nair Hospital here on May 22. read more

The court extended the judicial custody of Dr Hema Ahuja, Dr Bhakti Mehare and Dr Ankita Khandelwal of BYL Nair Hospital up to July 6. read more

The Maharashtra government will strive to strengthen the Anti-Ragging Act to check harassment of students in academic institutions, a minister said Tuesday. read more

Next hearing on Monday; Special court tells state to make arrangements to video record the trial read more

The crime branch can take accused out of jail for questioning between 9am and 6pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the court said. read more

Tadvi kept her parents and husband abreast of the harassment, and would often break down over phone. Transcripts of conversations on WhatsApp revealed that Tadvi was often allegedly relegated to an assistant in important procedures, depriving her of... read more

Intact lock, height of ceiling raise doubts over suicide claims, say panel members read more

In its plea, the crime branch has said that it was not able to interrogate the arrested trio as they did not get custody of the accused. One of the issues to ascertain is whether the deceased left a suicide note, said the crime branch. read more

The Mumbai crime branch will soon approach the Bombay high court (HC), seeking custody of the three senior doctors. read more

Appointed by medical education minister Girish Mahajan, the committee is headed by Dr Prakash Wakode of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER). read more