New Delhi, July 12
Taking cognisance of the “alarming rise” in cases of rape against children, the Supreme Court on Friday said it will issue directions to ensure a “concerted” and “clear” national response to deal with the problem.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi — which took suo motu cognisance of news reports on rise in child rape cases — appointed senior advocate V Giri as amicus curiae to assist it in framing guidelines and issuing directions to states, including those related to infrastructure and video-recording of the proceedings during trial.
As Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said he was ready to assist the court in the matter, the Bench made it clear that no third party — except Giri and Mehta — would be allowed to intervene in the matter.
It asked the court’s Registry to register the case as a writ petition titled as “In-re Alarming Rise in The Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents” and posted it Monday for issuance of directions.
Referring to data on sexual crimes against children, the Bench said from January 1 to June 30 this year, 24,212 FIRs had been filed across India. — TNS
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