The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the recent gang-rape of a minor in a moving bus in Delhi-NCR, observing that such cases underline a systematic failure on the part of law enforcement authorities.A bench…

The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the recent gang-rape of a minor in a moving bus in Delhi-NCR, observing that such cases underline a systematic failure on the part of law enforcement authorities.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran on Monday said one cannot help but draw painful parallels to the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.”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,” the bench said, according to PTI.16-year-old girl raped inside bus in Delhi; driver, conductor arrested The top court said public spaces, including parks, buses, cannot be permitted to become zones of high risk due to lack of illumination, poor surveillance and other administrative facilities.A 16-year-old girl, who boarded a sleeper bus in Greater Noida, was gang-raped allegedly by its conductor and driver and abandoned near Kashmiri Gate, more than 40 km away in Old Delhi, on August 4. The two accused have been arrested. The crime brought back painful memories of the 2012 gang-rape and murder in Delhi known as the Nirbhaya case.On Monday, the bench also referred to the gang-rape and murder of a teenage girl at Swarup Nagar in Delhi, where the police recovered the victim’s decomposed body in a field, according to legal news portal Live Law.(With agency inputs)

Source: Deccan Herald