High court strived in 2013 to make Delhi safer place for women
28 Dec 2013 5:06 AM IST
The Delhi High Court in 2013 dealt with various cases like row over CAG’s appointment, funding of Aam Aadmi Party and the IT department’s tax demand of 21,153 crore from Nokia and passed a slew of orders to make Delhi a safer place for women.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the ordeal of the 16 December, 2012 gang rape victim, the court not only put Delhi police to task for its lapses but ordered hospitals, including private ones, not to deny treatment to victims of criminal offences, especially rape victims.
Various long-overdue steps, including increase in number of PCR vans for enhanced night vigil, probe against erring policemen for their failure to detect perpetrators of gangrape, fast track courts for rape trials and compensation for the victims, were taken in pursuance of the court orders.
The high court, which took a bold step by throwing open the gangrape trial for national and international media, of course with certain restrictions, is now hearing on day-to-day basis the references and the appeals of four convicts-- Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh.
They have been awarded death penalty by the lower court. Delhi-based founding editor of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal also knocked the doors of the high court for transit bail against his imminent arrest in the sexual assault case of a scribe, but, he later withdrew his plea and moved to a sessions court in Goa.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the ordeal of the 16 December, 2012 gang rape victim, the court not only put Delhi police to task for its lapses but ordered hospitals, including private ones, not to deny treatment to victims of criminal offences, especially rape victims.
Various long-overdue steps, including increase in number of PCR vans for enhanced night vigil, probe against erring policemen for their failure to detect perpetrators of gangrape, fast track courts for rape trials and compensation for the victims, were taken in pursuance of the court orders.
The high court, which took a bold step by throwing open the gangrape trial for national and international media, of course with certain restrictions, is now hearing on day-to-day basis the references and the appeals of four convicts-- Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh.
They have been awarded death penalty by the lower court. Delhi-based founding editor of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal also knocked the doors of the high court for transit bail against his imminent arrest in the sexual assault case of a scribe, but, he later withdrew his plea and moved to a sessions court in Goa.
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