India, July 18 -- Hearing a petition seeking enquiry into the death of a child rape victim in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, the Supreme Court on Friday said that the case revealed the "ruthless" manner in which an Ayurvedic doctor and two hospitals denied urgent medical care and directed them to put forward reasonable offer of compensation or face a "chilling" penalty.

Dealing with the petition filed by the child's father, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said a special investigation team (SIT) it had constituted has recommended in its report that a penalty be imposed on the two NCR hospitals that refused to admit the child leading to her death.

When the Ayurvedic doctor's lawyer sought a lenient considera...