'No basic public safety': SC pulls up system amid rising rape cases in Delhi
The Supreme Court of India has taken suo motu cognizance of rising rape cases in Delhi-NCR, citing a systematic failure of law enforcement to ensure public safety. The court highlighted the lack of progress in safety mechanisms since the 2012 Nirbhaya case and emphasized that safety in public spaces is a fundamental right.
Why it matters
This judicial intervention underscores growing public and legal concern regarding the efficacy of women's safety measures and administrative accountability in India's capital.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of recent rape cases in Delhi-NCR, saying the incidents point to a “systematic failure” by law-enforcement and public administrative authorities to ensure basic public safety.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran directed the court registry to register a suo motu public interest litigation on the issue and list it for hearing."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," news agency PTI quoted the bench saying.The court said the incidents brought back “painful parallels” with the 2012 Nirbhaya case and raised questions over whether law-enforcement mechanisms had made meaningful progress since then."One cannot help but draw painful parallels with the 2012 Nirbhaya case, raising the question of whether systemic law-enforcement mechanisms have made any meaningful progress…
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