Ensure Every Woman Feels Safe, Even at 10 Pm: SC's Message to Delhi Police on Rising Rapes
The bench said police must create a fear of punishment and strengthen patrols, after citing recent rape and sexual assault cases.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court directed the Centre and Delhi Police to ensure women's safety in Delhi, emphasizing that authorities must prevent crimes rather than merely reacting after offences occur.
- The bench initiated this suo motu case following recent rape incidents in Delhi-NCR, including the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at Aastha Kunj Park near Kalkaji, characterizing public safety failures as a 'systemic failure.'
- Questioning the adequacy of CCTV monitoring, the bench asked if Delhi Police had a 'war room-like arrangement' for continuous surveillance and ordered action against illegal eateries allegedly harboring anti-social elements.
- Justice Pardiwala told police to be 'very harsh' with perpetrators, stressing the need to 'create fear in the mind of those anti-social elements who are prone to committing crime' to deter future offences.
- While acknowledging potential Article 21 challenges, the Supreme Court maintained that police must act as society's protectors, ensuring every woman feels safe 'whether she is walking on the road at night or travelling in the metro or bus.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has called upon the Delhi Police to strengthen preventive policing against sexual offences, observing that women in the National Capital must feel safe while travelling or walking alone even late at night. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran made the observations on October 5 while hearing In Re: Recent Rape Incidents in Delhi NCR, a suo motu proceeding concerning recent sexual offences against wo…
Need to create fear in minds of goons committing crimes against women: Supreme Court
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran said every woman in Delhi-NCR should feel safe even at 11 p.m., while hearing a suo motu case on recent rape cases in the region
Every woman should feel safe even at 11 pm: SC to Delhi Police on rapes
The Supreme Court has expressed grave concern over the safety of women in Delhi-NCR, stating the need to instill fear in criminals and prioritize crime prevention. The court took suo motu cognisance of recent horrific rape incidents, highlighting a systemic failure in law enforcement.
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