Crimes against women on the rise: Supreme Court
1 Nov 2013 4:47 AM IST
The court wondered why people in recent years have lost confidence in governments and come out on the streets to protest.
‘Why has this been happening in the last few years? Why are people losing confidence? It did not happen 10 years ago. Crime against women has come to the forefront only in the last five years. They used to suffer silently and they still continue to do so except in a few cases when there have been protests and it has come out in the open,’ said a bench headed by justice GS Singhvi
The bench said that the 16 December gang rape is not an isolated incident and such type of offences were committed in the past also.
‘Every day, girls travelling in buses are subjected to molestation. Women continue to suffer,’ it said, adding ‘We remember Nirbhaya but the memories of the earlier incidents are not good and such cases happened earlier also’.
It said people are coming out on streets as they are not satisfied and their rights are not protected by the government bodies.
The court was hearing a PIL seeking its direction for setting up of a special team to probe an alleged incident of policemen beating up Aam Aadmi Party members protesting non-registration of an FIR in a rape case in June this year. It reserved its order and asked senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, appearing for a petitioner, and Delhi government counsel Siddharth Luthra to suggest names of two persons each who could be part of team to conduct the probe.
According to a data submitted in the Supreme Court on its direction, registered criminal offences committed against women in the national capital have increased by around 73 per cent this year as compared to 2012. The court projected that number of such offences doubled during last five years.
‘Why has this been happening in the last few years? Why are people losing confidence? It did not happen 10 years ago. Crime against women has come to the forefront only in the last five years. They used to suffer silently and they still continue to do so except in a few cases when there have been protests and it has come out in the open,’ said a bench headed by justice GS Singhvi
The bench said that the 16 December gang rape is not an isolated incident and such type of offences were committed in the past also.
‘Every day, girls travelling in buses are subjected to molestation. Women continue to suffer,’ it said, adding ‘We remember Nirbhaya but the memories of the earlier incidents are not good and such cases happened earlier also’.
It said people are coming out on streets as they are not satisfied and their rights are not protected by the government bodies.
The court was hearing a PIL seeking its direction for setting up of a special team to probe an alleged incident of policemen beating up Aam Aadmi Party members protesting non-registration of an FIR in a rape case in June this year. It reserved its order and asked senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, appearing for a petitioner, and Delhi government counsel Siddharth Luthra to suggest names of two persons each who could be part of team to conduct the probe.
According to a data submitted in the Supreme Court on its direction, registered criminal offences committed against women in the national capital have increased by around 73 per cent this year as compared to 2012. The court projected that number of such offences doubled during last five years.
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