India's top court says need to fix accountability over Delhi rape cases, media reports
The bench said repeated sexual violence shows law enforcement gaps and sought a Delhi Police response, with at least 13 cases reported this month.
- On Monday, September 28, 2026, a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice J.B. Pardiwala took suo motu cognisance of multiple recent sexual assault cases involving minors across the Delhi-NCR region.
- The court highlighted systemic failures in public safety, referencing the alleged gang-rape of a 17-year-old at Aastha Kunj Park and the assault of a 16-year-old inside a bus travelling from Greater Noida.
- Expressing anguish, the bench stated, "One cannot help but draw a painful parallel to the 2012 Nirbhaya case," questioning whether lessons had truly been learned regarding public safety.
- Pardiwala directed city police to establish a women-centric "Pink Force" for high-visibility deterrence around schools, colleges, and metro stations, addressing surveillance gaps identified by the bench.
- Data shows 33% of 1,525 streetlights in the southeast district are non-functional, illustrating infrastructure shortcomings the court identified as contributing to systematic safety failures across public spaces.
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The Independent (US)Protests erupt in India over women’s safety after spate of alleged rape cases
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‘Law enforcement failure’: India’s top court urges accountability over rapes
India’s Supreme Court on Monday pushed for accountability over a recent spate of rape cases in the national capital and neighbouring districts, saying they reflected a “failure of law enforcement”, local media reported. Hundreds of students protested in Delhi last week demanding better safety for women after a teenager said she was gang-raped by three men at a city park. Protesters, most of them female, held placards and shouted slogans while …
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