Incidents of eve teasing should be dealt with strictly as the issue involves women’s dignity, the Bombay High Court has observed.<\/p>\n
The comments came from a bench headed by Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode while hearing a suo motu PIL.<\/p>\n
On September 17, the same bench had while confirming death sentence on two persons for raping and killing a BPO employee in Pune, had recommended to the Chief Justice framing of norms for safety of women, particularly those who work in the night shifts.<\/p>\n
On November 8, Chief Justice Mohit Shah converted the request of the judges for framing norms for women’s safety into a PIL and assigned the matter for hearing to the same bench.<\/p>\n
When the matter came up for hearing yesterday before the judges, they said that women’s security has become an issue of concern in the society.<\/p>\n
“These days there have been instances when people are assaulted and murdered just because they have protected or rescued women. Hence, the issue needs to be tackled,” observed Justice Kanade.<\/p>\n
The judges were referring to the murder of a 19-year-old boy in suburban Dombivali, who was allegedly stabbed to death by hooligans over an issue concerning a girl.<\/p>\n
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