India's top court says need to fix accountability over Delhi rape cases, media reports
The bench said repeated assaults showed policing and administrative failures and ordered Delhi Police to respond while pushing women-centric security measures.
- 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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India's top court says need to fix accountability over Delhi rape cases, media reports
The Supreme Court of India 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.
India’s top court says need to fix accountability over Delhi rape cases, media reports
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SC takes suo motu cognisance of minor's gang-rape in moving bus in Delhi-NCR, recalls Nirbhaya case
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of multiple reported sexual assault cases involving minors and women in Delhi-NCR. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran sought a response from the Delhi Police.
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