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Women cannot be stopped from doing night duty, it is the government's responsibility to provide them security; CJI also took Sibal to task
During the hearing on Tuesday, when the SC was told that the notification issued by the West Bengal government regarding the security of doctors, says that women doctors should not do night duty and their shift should not exceed 12 hours, the court objected and asked senior lawyer Kapil Sibal to withdraw the notification and improve it.
The Supreme Court strongly objected to the West Bengal government's notification on Tuesday, which stated that women doctors should avoid night duty and limit their shifts to 12 hours. The court ruled that women should not be assigned night duty. No woman can be told that she cannot work nights.
Doctors, pilots, and military personnel all work at night. Women physicians are prepared to work in any situation, and they should. Women do not want concessions, but rather equal opportunity. They cannot be stopped from performing nighttime duties. The state is responsible for providing them with security.
The apex court told the West Bengal government that it should correct its notification. Apart from this, the court also raised questions on the West Bengal government hiring security personnel on contract for security in hospitals. These comments and instructions were given by a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday during the hearing of the case of brutality and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. The Supreme Court is hearing the case on its own initiative.
The court told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the West Bengal government, that you cannot tell women not to do night duty. This will harm their career. It is the responsibility of the state to provide them with security. Women are not asking for any special concessions; they simply want equal opportunities. Sibal assured the bench that nothing would affect women's equality.
