Eve-teasing: HC says women’s dignity at stake

Rosy Sequeira TNN 

Mumbai: Exactly a week after a 19-year-old youth was killed in Dombivli by a group of boys after he took them on for passing lewd comments on a girl, the Bombay high court on Monday said eve-teasing needed to be redressed as the question of women’s dignity was at stake. 
    The court’s observation came on a suo motu public interest litigation. Taking note of the need to ensure the safety of women, a division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode had recommended the framing of norms for women, especially those working on night shifts, and requested the chief justice to take it up as a PIL. The recommendation from the judges came on September 17, 2012 after they upheld the death rap of two men who raped and killed a 22-year-old Pune BPO staffer on November 1, 2007. 
    On November 8, 2012, the CJ converted the judges’ request into a PIL and assigned it before the same bench. When the matter came up for hearing onMonday, the judges said women’s security was a burning issue. “Apart from security to be provided to women, it has been noticed that of late there have been instances where people rescuing women have been assaulted and murdered,” Justice Kanade said, adding the issue needed to be resolved considering all aspects.


Source:::: The Times of India, 11-12-2012, p.01. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Client.asp?Daily=TOIM&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI&Enter=true&Skin=TOINEW&AW=1355204307234