March 26, 2025 9:28 pm
Payal Tadvi had died by suicide allegedly due to alleged ragging and caste-based treatment.
March 09, 2025 10:56 pm
On May 22, 2019, Tadvi died by suicide in her hostel room. The police arrested three of her seniors, on allegations that they had harassed Tadvi
February 28, 2025 11:17 pm
Three post-graduate students, who were seniors of Tadvi, are facing charges, including that of abetment of suicide, for allegedly harassing her
April 08, 2022 7:30 am
Tadvi, who died by suicide in her hostel room at T N Topiwala National Medical College on May 22, 2019, wrote in her suicide note that it had become “unbearable” for her to carry on with the alleged “torture” meted out to her by her seniors.
December 14, 2021 9:01 pm
Tadvi, a postgraduate gynaecology student at TN Topiwala National Medical College in the city, died by suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room at BYL Nair Hospital on May 22, 2019. Her family had accused Mehare and Khandelwal, her seniors, of harassment and caste discrimination.
November 24, 2020 11:23 am
The court rejected the application, filed by Hema Ahuja, stating that in separate orders by the Bombay HC (last year) and Supreme Court (last month), it was specified that the accused will have to remain present before court for each date except on rare occasions of unavoidable reasons.
November 07, 2020 11:39 am
“The sole intention of the intervener/complainant (Abeda) is to ensure that the prosecution of the accused persons... is made persecution,” the plea filed by doctors Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal said.
November 06, 2020 9:34 am
Dr Shivkumar Utture, MMC president, said the council’s ethical committee will soon hold a hearing to decide whether medical licenses of the two doctors — Dr Ankita Khandelwal and Dr Bhakti Mehare — be suspended or cancelled.
November 03, 2020 12:42 pm
In her plea, accused doctor Hema Ahuja had said that the court was hearing various applications filed by her and the other accused and hence her presence will not be required at this stage when the trial is yet to begin.
October 28, 2020 10:09 am
In an application, accused Hema Ahuja stated that since she is a doctor and there is an urgent need of medical professionals amid the Covid-19 pandemic, she be exempted from attending court proceedings.




