The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the gang-rape of a minor in a moving bus in Delhi-NCR, observing that such cases underline a systematic failure on the part of law enforcement authorities.
A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran said one cannot help but draw painful parallels to the Nirbhaya incident of 2012.
“The reports of rape cases in Delhi-NCR starkly underline a systematic failure on the part of the law enforcement and the public administrative authorities to guarantee basic public safety,” the bench said.
The top court said public spaces, including parks, buses, cannot be permitted to become zones of high risk due to lack of illumination, poor surveillance and other administrative facilities.
Also Read: Unregistered, overcharged, hard to leave: real PG bill
A 16-year-old girl, who boarded a sleeper bus in Greater Noida, was allegedly gang-raped by its conductor and driver and abandoned near Kashmere Gate, more than 40 km away in Old Delhi, on August 4. The two accused have been arrested.
The crime brought back painful memories of the 2012 gang-rape and murder in Delhi known as the Nirbhaya case.
MCD expects the first batch of additional road-cleaning machines by mid-November, with 55 more to…
From expensive gas tandoors to idle diesel generators, micro-entrepreneurs say the winter pollution restrictions are…
A solo exhibition by Asurvedh explores how metal can move beyond its rigid form to…
Delhi will annually ban non-BS-VI vehicles from other states from November 1 to January 31…
Two more bodies were retrieved from an Old Delhi building collapse site on Saturday, taking…
DTF has urged Delhi University to release updated evaluation guidelines for its 4th-year UG research…
