The Supreme Court today rejected the petition filed by Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, who has been embroiled in controversy following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the institution last month.

Ghosh had challenged a Calcutta High Court decision that transferred the investigation into the corruption case against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A bench consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also denied Sandip Ghosh's request to be included as a party in a petition alleging financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during his tenure.

"As an accused, you have no locus to intervene in the PIL where the Calcutta high court is monitoring the investigation," the bench said.

The Supreme Court also declined to remove remarks made by the High Court that connected the corruption allegations with the rape of the trainee doctor in Kolkata on August 9. On August 23, the Calcutta High Court had ordered the transfer of the investigation into the alleged financial irregularities at the state-run hospital, where Ghosh served as principal since 2021 (with a brief interruption), from a special investigation team to the CBI.

The order followed a request from Dr. Akhtar Ali, a former deputy superintendent of the facility, who sought an investigation into alleged irregularities during Ghosh's tenure as the head of the hospital.

Sandip Ghosh was arrested by the CBI on Monday after being questioned multiple times over the past two weeks. In his Supreme Court petition, Ghosh contended that the Calcutta High Court had not considered his side before ordering the CBI investigation into the corruption case.

He also claimed that his petition to be included as a party in the High Court was rejected, arguing that this rejection violated the principles of natural justice.