SC to hear PILs
on rape cases, women safety tomorrow
The
Supreme Court would tomorrow
hear matters
related to setting up of fast track courts for
speedy trial in
rape cases and effective implementation of
existing laws for
safety of women.
"We
understand the importance of the matter. We will
hear
it tomorrow," a
bench comprising justices K S
Radhakrishnan
and Dipak Misra
said.
The
petition filed by retired lady IAS officer
Promilla
Shanker was
listed before the bench following yesterday's
order of another
bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir,
which had agreed
to give the matter an urgent hearing.
The bench headed by
Justice Radhakrishnan decided to hear
the matter tomorrow as it had
received a report from the apex
court registry that an identical
matter relating to the safety
of women was already
pending.
The judges were of the
view that they would like to know
the details of the other pending
matter.
Senior advocate Pramod
Swarup and advocate Pareena Swarup
said there may be some overlapping
issues in the two petitions
but the PIL by the former bureaucrat
raised other issues
including the need for speedy trial
for the offences against
women.
The apex court will also
hear another PIL related to the
issue which was filed by an advocate
and social activist Omika
Dubey in which directions have been
sought for appointment of
additional judges to adjudicate the
matters of crime against
women and for providing compulsory
compensation to victims of
rape.
The PIL filed through
advocate Ravi Prakash Gupta also
sought an order to restrain print
and electronic media from
publishing and telecasting obscene
pictures of women
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