ON SONG: Yathiraja Jeeyar Swami confers the ‘Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ award on legendary singer K J Yesudas during the 117th year – Isai Vizha – December Music Festival organised by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on Saturday
Sunday, December 17, 2017
2 engg students abduct ex-medico, held
Cops Say One Was Upset With Her For Spurning Him
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Police on Saturday arrested two engineering students for abducting an 18-yearold woman from a private institution in Tirumangalam on Thursday. The duo set the woman free within hours following which she returned to her home in Mogappair and informed her parents. Based on her complaint, the Tirumangalam police registered a case and nabbed the two men who were remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate court.
The duo were identified as A Praveen Kumar, 23, a resident of Vadapalani, and S Surendar, 21, a resident of Anna Nagar West. Police seized the Maruti Swift car in which they abducted the woman Ranjani (name changed). The car belongs to Surendar’s parents.
Ranjani, who was studying in a medical college in Georgia, discontinued her course there and returned to Chennai to prepare for the NEET exam. She had joined a coaching institute in Tirumangalam.
Police said Ranjani befriended Praveen Kumar, a third year student of a private engineering college, on social media. However, they fell out with each other and she refused to speak to him. Police said Praveen Kumar made several attempts to contact her but failed. He subsequently decided to abduct her with the help of a friend.
As per the plan, Praveen Kumar and Surendar waited for her in front of the Tirumangalam institute in a car, said a police officer. Surendar was at the wheel. As soon as she stepped out of the institute, Praveen Kumar dragged her into the vehicle and they sped away.
Police said they took her to Surendar’s house where Praveen Kumar proposed to her. She refused following which an enraged Praveen Kumar slapped her. Later, she was allowed to leave.
Cops Say One Was Upset With Her For Spurning Him
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: Police on Saturday arrested two engineering students for abducting an 18-yearold woman from a private institution in Tirumangalam on Thursday. The duo set the woman free within hours following which she returned to her home in Mogappair and informed her parents. Based on her complaint, the Tirumangalam police registered a case and nabbed the two men who were remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate court.
The duo were identified as A Praveen Kumar, 23, a resident of Vadapalani, and S Surendar, 21, a resident of Anna Nagar West. Police seized the Maruti Swift car in which they abducted the woman Ranjani (name changed). The car belongs to Surendar’s parents.
Ranjani, who was studying in a medical college in Georgia, discontinued her course there and returned to Chennai to prepare for the NEET exam. She had joined a coaching institute in Tirumangalam.
Police said Ranjani befriended Praveen Kumar, a third year student of a private engineering college, on social media. However, they fell out with each other and she refused to speak to him. Police said Praveen Kumar made several attempts to contact her but failed. He subsequently decided to abduct her with the help of a friend.
As per the plan, Praveen Kumar and Surendar waited for her in front of the Tirumangalam institute in a car, said a police officer. Surendar was at the wheel. As soon as she stepped out of the institute, Praveen Kumar dragged her into the vehicle and they sped away.
Police said they took her to Surendar’s house where Praveen Kumar proposed to her. She refused following which an enraged Praveen Kumar slapped her. Later, she was allowed to leave.
SC orders CBI probe into MP ‘patients-on-hire’ scam
Medical College ‘Fooled’ MCI Team With Fake Patients
Dhananjay.Mahapatra @timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered probe into a private medical college allegedly attempting to sail through an important patient-bed ratio requirement during inspection by Medical Council of India by filling its vacant beds in the attached hospital with hired patients.
A medical college under Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University at Bhopal was permitted to admit students by the Madhya Pradesh high court even before MCI had inspected and approved its infrastructure and faculty sufficiency. SC had termed the admissions provisional and ordered MCI inspection. The MCI found the college deficient in infrastructure and faculty.
A bench of Justice S A Bobde and L Nageswwar Rao was informed by MCI counsel Vikas Singh that the occupancy in hospital shown during the inspection was contrived for the occasion and the patients were not genuine. Taking into account various deficiencies, the bench cancelled the admissions of students and ordered Madhya Pradesh government to accommodate them in “such colleges as possible as per their merits”. It asked the university to show cause why it should not be directed to compensate the students.
The bench took serious note of the allegation of MCI about hired patients even though the college through senior advovcate Nidesh Gupta vehemently refuted the allegations and produced medical records of the patients before the court.
The bench said: “We find we are not in a position to determine the truth or otherwise of the allegations. However, if the allegations of the MCI are correct, it is obvious that a serious offence as contemplated under Section 193 of Indian Penal Code (false evidence in judicial proceedings punishable with up to seven years imprisonment),” it said.
“In the circumstances of the case, we consider it appropriate to direct an inquiry to be conducted into the truthfulness of the statistics, reports and the material placed before this court along with the present petition by the petitioner-college,” the bench said.
It said: “Since the matter is technical in nature in the sense it involves knowledge of the functioning of a hospital; the nature of treatment that is given to patients suffering from particular diseases and whether there is the need for hospitalisation, we consider it appropriate in the interests of justice to direct that a committee shall be constituted headed by a senior officer deputed by the CBI director and two doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).”
“The committee may visit the college and shall have access to all such information as may be required by it for determining the matters referred to it. The petitionercollege shall fully cooperate with the said committee. The MCI shall also provide any material relating to the inspection in question to the committee. The committee shall submit its report within a period of three months from the first inspection. The first inspection shall be made by the committee within one week of its constitution,” the SC ordered.
On the faculty front, the MCI told the SC that the college presented a document to show that five members of the faculty and a resident doctor were summoned on the MCI inspection day to a police station “in some case strangely where they were complainants in regard to a motor accident”.
Medical College ‘Fooled’ MCI Team With Fake Patients
Dhananjay.Mahapatra @timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered probe into a private medical college allegedly attempting to sail through an important patient-bed ratio requirement during inspection by Medical Council of India by filling its vacant beds in the attached hospital with hired patients.
A medical college under Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan University at Bhopal was permitted to admit students by the Madhya Pradesh high court even before MCI had inspected and approved its infrastructure and faculty sufficiency. SC had termed the admissions provisional and ordered MCI inspection. The MCI found the college deficient in infrastructure and faculty.
A bench of Justice S A Bobde and L Nageswwar Rao was informed by MCI counsel Vikas Singh that the occupancy in hospital shown during the inspection was contrived for the occasion and the patients were not genuine. Taking into account various deficiencies, the bench cancelled the admissions of students and ordered Madhya Pradesh government to accommodate them in “such colleges as possible as per their merits”. It asked the university to show cause why it should not be directed to compensate the students.
The bench took serious note of the allegation of MCI about hired patients even though the college through senior advovcate Nidesh Gupta vehemently refuted the allegations and produced medical records of the patients before the court.
The bench said: “We find we are not in a position to determine the truth or otherwise of the allegations. However, if the allegations of the MCI are correct, it is obvious that a serious offence as contemplated under Section 193 of Indian Penal Code (false evidence in judicial proceedings punishable with up to seven years imprisonment),” it said.
“In the circumstances of the case, we consider it appropriate to direct an inquiry to be conducted into the truthfulness of the statistics, reports and the material placed before this court along with the present petition by the petitioner-college,” the bench said.
It said: “Since the matter is technical in nature in the sense it involves knowledge of the functioning of a hospital; the nature of treatment that is given to patients suffering from particular diseases and whether there is the need for hospitalisation, we consider it appropriate in the interests of justice to direct that a committee shall be constituted headed by a senior officer deputed by the CBI director and two doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).”
“The committee may visit the college and shall have access to all such information as may be required by it for determining the matters referred to it. The petitionercollege shall fully cooperate with the said committee. The MCI shall also provide any material relating to the inspection in question to the committee. The committee shall submit its report within a period of three months from the first inspection. The first inspection shall be made by the committee within one week of its constitution,” the SC ordered.
On the faculty front, the MCI told the SC that the college presented a document to show that five members of the faculty and a resident doctor were summoned on the MCI inspection day to a police station “in some case strangely where they were complainants in regard to a motor accident”.
Last minute rescheduling irks rail passengers
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
PublishedDec 15, 2017, 6:30 am IST
Baskar said he had booked a ticket to travel in Kovai Express leaving Coimbatore at 2.55pm on Thursday.
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
PublishedDec 15, 2017, 6:30 am IST
Baskar said he had booked a ticket to travel in Kovai Express leaving Coimbatore at 2.55pm on Thursday.
R.K.Kulshrestha, general manager, Southern Railway, inaugurates a staff facilitation centre at Southern Railway headquarters, on Thursday. (Photo: DC)
Chennai: Rail passengers, who reserved tickets on express trains, are left disappointed over Southern Railway's penchant for rescheduling trains at the last hour. “On many occasions, the Southern Railway is carrying out engineering works planned previously. Then why are they announcing rescheduling of trains a few hours before the commencement of the journey?” asked K. Baskar, a rail passenger.
Southern Railway had rescheduled Kovai Express and Shatabdi Express by more than 2 hours on Thursday, owing the engineering work at the Tirupur railway station. But some passengers received SMS alert regarding the rescheduling only on late hours of Wednesday.
Baskar said he had booked a ticket to travel in Kovai Express leaving Coimbatore at 2.55pm on Thursday. “The train had been rescheduled to 5.05pm. At the time when the trains reached Chennai Central at midnight, I would not able to get connecting EMU service to Tiruvallur. So I booked another ticket in another train,” he added.
However, the zonal railway officials maintained that the rescheduling of trains has been done according to the running of pairing trains, thus pre-announcement could not be possible.
When asked about rescheduling due to engineering works, which can be pre-planned, Divisional Railway Manager of Chennai Division Naveen Gulati said sometimes taking up of planned engineering works might be delayed. In such cases, the railway would send alerts well before the commencement of the journey, Naveen Gulati added.
Shatabdi express rescheduled
Chennai: Due to engineering works at Tiruppur railway station, Southern Railway has rescheduled Shatabdi express on Friday.
In a press release, the zonal railway said that Chennai Central – Coimbatore Shatabdi express, scheduled to leave Chennai Central at 7.15am on Friday has been rescheduled to leave Chennai Central at 08.15am.
Chennai: Rail passengers, who reserved tickets on express trains, are left disappointed over Southern Railway's penchant for rescheduling trains at the last hour. “On many occasions, the Southern Railway is carrying out engineering works planned previously. Then why are they announcing rescheduling of trains a few hours before the commencement of the journey?” asked K. Baskar, a rail passenger.
Southern Railway had rescheduled Kovai Express and Shatabdi Express by more than 2 hours on Thursday, owing the engineering work at the Tirupur railway station. But some passengers received SMS alert regarding the rescheduling only on late hours of Wednesday.
Baskar said he had booked a ticket to travel in Kovai Express leaving Coimbatore at 2.55pm on Thursday. “The train had been rescheduled to 5.05pm. At the time when the trains reached Chennai Central at midnight, I would not able to get connecting EMU service to Tiruvallur. So I booked another ticket in another train,” he added.
However, the zonal railway officials maintained that the rescheduling of trains has been done according to the running of pairing trains, thus pre-announcement could not be possible.
When asked about rescheduling due to engineering works, which can be pre-planned, Divisional Railway Manager of Chennai Division Naveen Gulati said sometimes taking up of planned engineering works might be delayed. In such cases, the railway would send alerts well before the commencement of the journey, Naveen Gulati added.
Shatabdi express rescheduled
Chennai: Due to engineering works at Tiruppur railway station, Southern Railway has rescheduled Shatabdi express on Friday.
In a press release, the zonal railway said that Chennai Central – Coimbatore Shatabdi express, scheduled to leave Chennai Central at 7.15am on Friday has been rescheduled to leave Chennai Central at 08.15am.
Searching queries by Madras High Court on reservation
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN
PublishedDec 16, 2017, 7:19 am IST
Madras High Court pointed out that a poor person is a poor person whether he or she is from the forward community or reserved category.
Chennai: The Madras High Court pointed out that a poor person is a poor person whether he or she is from the forward community or reserved category and that the helping hand should be extended to the needy poor not only monetarily but also by way of reservation in education and employment. The court went on to ask the state government to answer a query as to whether it is possible to make reservation for the people belonging to the forward community (FC) based on their economic status.
Justice N.Kirubakaran was passing interim orders on a petition from S.Srihari and 13 other students, which sought to declare as illegal the transfer of MBBS seats in government medical colleges meant for OC category to BC and MBC categories. They also sought a direction to conduct counselling again for the seats allotted to OC category as per the reservation policy in the state.
The judge said the poor in the so called forward community have been neglected so far and no one could speak about them fearing protest voices in the name of social justice. Social justice should be extended to every section of the society. The necessity of having reservation for economic and social empowerment of those sections of the society viz., BC, MBC, SC and ST which have so far been neglected and oppressed was a must. At the same time, talking about reservation or extending the help to the deserving poor people in forward communities should not be viewed or considered as an opposition to the reservation enjoyed by other sections of the society. “Further, this court was aware that in all the communities, there were poor people and they should be encouraged to develop educationally, economically and socially”, the judge added.
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | J STALIN
PublishedDec 16, 2017, 7:19 am IST
Madras High Court pointed out that a poor person is a poor person whether he or she is from the forward community or reserved category.
Chennai: The Madras High Court pointed out that a poor person is a poor person whether he or she is from the forward community or reserved category and that the helping hand should be extended to the needy poor not only monetarily but also by way of reservation in education and employment. The court went on to ask the state government to answer a query as to whether it is possible to make reservation for the people belonging to the forward community (FC) based on their economic status.
Justice N.Kirubakaran was passing interim orders on a petition from S.Srihari and 13 other students, which sought to declare as illegal the transfer of MBBS seats in government medical colleges meant for OC category to BC and MBC categories. They also sought a direction to conduct counselling again for the seats allotted to OC category as per the reservation policy in the state.
The judge said the poor in the so called forward community have been neglected so far and no one could speak about them fearing protest voices in the name of social justice. Social justice should be extended to every section of the society. The necessity of having reservation for economic and social empowerment of those sections of the society viz., BC, MBC, SC and ST which have so far been neglected and oppressed was a must. At the same time, talking about reservation or extending the help to the deserving poor people in forward communities should not be viewed or considered as an opposition to the reservation enjoyed by other sections of the society. “Further, this court was aware that in all the communities, there were poor people and they should be encouraged to develop educationally, economically and socially”, the judge added.
Madras High Court raises 25 queries to end sexual assaults
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
PublishedDec 17, 2017, 1:53 am IST
As crimes against women and girl children are shockingly rising every year.
Chennai: As crimes against women and girl children are shockingly rising every year, especially, sex crimes, most urgent measures have to be taken. Hence, the following queries are raised, said Justice N. Kirubakaran.
They are:
Q What are all the reasons for the increase of sex crimes against women and girl children in India?
Q What are all the problems faced by the police authorities while dealing with the complaints involving sexual violence against women and girl children and prosecuting the case properly?
Q What is the rate of conviction in rape cases throughout the country and Tamil Nadu for the past 10 years?
Q What are all the steps taken, including making use of latest technology like DNA fingerprinting taken to effectively investigate and prosecute the culprits to get a conviction to prove “certainty of punishment” in cases of offences against women and girl children?
Q Why not the Central and State governments shall install CCTV cameras in public places, junctions and malls to have surveillance to prevent offences being committed especially against women and to detect the offenders in case of commission of offences and to prove the guilt of the accused to the hilt as the brutality of the murder was exhibited by the CCTV clippings captured in the closed-circuit TV fixed in the locality while Shankar was murdered in the busy market area at Udumalpet on March 14, 2016, in the name of honour killing?
Q Why not the central and state governments establish a centre for DNA fingerprinting and diagnostics to
investigate crimes effectively and prove the culpability of the offenders in India, which is the second most populous country with thousands of offences committed every minute?
Q Whether the victims of sexual violence are given proper counselling and support system to overcome the trauma and mental agony and paid compensation?
Q Is it a fact, in spite of the rise in complaints of sexual violence, many cases are not reported by the victims fearing stigma and exclusion by society and family?
Q Whether alcoholism is one of the main reasons for the spurt in offences against women and children?
Q Whether sexual violence against women is due to fall in sex ratio due to female infanticide and foeticide?
Q What are all the reasons for gang rapes of women, including toddlers, as more such cases are reported in the recent time?
Q Whether more sexual violence against women is due to “sex starvation” among Indian men in view of various prohibitions/prescription regarding sex on the ground of culture, religion, morality and ethics?
Q Whether sex offences/crimes against women and girl children are due to lack of knowledge and understanding about sex?
Q Are sex crimes, especially rape is committed due to the wrong impression of the male that women are their objects of pleasure and to prove their dominance and control over women?
Q Is it a fact that the rise in sex crimes is due to easy accessibility and availability of pornographic materials through the internet and smartphones which are easily available to all?
Q Is it a fact that nowadays films and serials shown on the television give tips/clues/ideas for the men, especially, youngsters and juveniles indulge in sexual violence against women and girl children?
Q Whether the Central and State governments have taken steps to introduce “Age-Appropriate Sex Education” in school curriculum itself to educate students/youngsters about sex to clear their doubts and wrong notions?
Q Why not the Central and state governments include a subject “moral education” to teach moral and ethical values and equality of women and girl children in the society to the students especially to boys?
Q Why not the Central and State governments sensitise the public, especially young men about the punishment and stringent laws for sexual assault on women and children?
Q Why not the film stars and celebrities, prominent personalities in the society be roped in, to advise the boys and youngsters to treat the women and girl children equal to men and boys by way of short films, issuance of pamphlets, commercial advertisements, seminars, lectures etc.,?
Q Why not Central government appoint a committee/commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge with psychiatrists, psychologists, women activists and others to look into the various reasons, especially psychological/mind connected reasons for increase in sex crimes against women and children and to give recommendations suggesting remedial and preventive measures
to be taken by the central government including suitable amendments in laws?
Q Why not the government appoint well-trained counsellors/psychologists in every school or for 5 schools, so as to note anti-social and narcissistic personality disorders and identify potential sex offenders and give appropriate counselling with the co-operation of the parents discreetly, to avoid stigma on the children?
Q Whether all the states and Union Territories formulated a uniform scheme for providing victim compensation in respect of rape/sexual exploitation of physically handicapped women?
Q Is it a fact that many false complaints alleging sexual assault are being filed for various reasons to wreak vengeance against the opposite party?
Q Why not government distribute modern devices/gadgets for women, which could be used by the women at times of distress or while facing sexual violence?
DECCAN CHRONICLE.
PublishedDec 17, 2017, 1:53 am IST
As crimes against women and girl children are shockingly rising every year.
Chennai: As crimes against women and girl children are shockingly rising every year, especially, sex crimes, most urgent measures have to be taken. Hence, the following queries are raised, said Justice N. Kirubakaran.
They are:
Q What are all the reasons for the increase of sex crimes against women and girl children in India?
Q What are all the problems faced by the police authorities while dealing with the complaints involving sexual violence against women and girl children and prosecuting the case properly?
Q What is the rate of conviction in rape cases throughout the country and Tamil Nadu for the past 10 years?
Q What are all the steps taken, including making use of latest technology like DNA fingerprinting taken to effectively investigate and prosecute the culprits to get a conviction to prove “certainty of punishment” in cases of offences against women and girl children?
Q Why not the Central and State governments shall install CCTV cameras in public places, junctions and malls to have surveillance to prevent offences being committed especially against women and to detect the offenders in case of commission of offences and to prove the guilt of the accused to the hilt as the brutality of the murder was exhibited by the CCTV clippings captured in the closed-circuit TV fixed in the locality while Shankar was murdered in the busy market area at Udumalpet on March 14, 2016, in the name of honour killing?
Q Why not the central and state governments establish a centre for DNA fingerprinting and diagnostics to
investigate crimes effectively and prove the culpability of the offenders in India, which is the second most populous country with thousands of offences committed every minute?
Q Whether the victims of sexual violence are given proper counselling and support system to overcome the trauma and mental agony and paid compensation?
Q Is it a fact, in spite of the rise in complaints of sexual violence, many cases are not reported by the victims fearing stigma and exclusion by society and family?
Q Whether alcoholism is one of the main reasons for the spurt in offences against women and children?
Q Whether sexual violence against women is due to fall in sex ratio due to female infanticide and foeticide?
Q What are all the reasons for gang rapes of women, including toddlers, as more such cases are reported in the recent time?
Q Whether more sexual violence against women is due to “sex starvation” among Indian men in view of various prohibitions/prescription regarding sex on the ground of culture, religion, morality and ethics?
Q Whether sex offences/crimes against women and girl children are due to lack of knowledge and understanding about sex?
Q Are sex crimes, especially rape is committed due to the wrong impression of the male that women are their objects of pleasure and to prove their dominance and control over women?
Q Is it a fact that the rise in sex crimes is due to easy accessibility and availability of pornographic materials through the internet and smartphones which are easily available to all?
Q Is it a fact that nowadays films and serials shown on the television give tips/clues/ideas for the men, especially, youngsters and juveniles indulge in sexual violence against women and girl children?
Q Whether the Central and State governments have taken steps to introduce “Age-Appropriate Sex Education” in school curriculum itself to educate students/youngsters about sex to clear their doubts and wrong notions?
Q Why not the Central and state governments include a subject “moral education” to teach moral and ethical values and equality of women and girl children in the society to the students especially to boys?
Q Why not the Central and State governments sensitise the public, especially young men about the punishment and stringent laws for sexual assault on women and children?
Q Why not the film stars and celebrities, prominent personalities in the society be roped in, to advise the boys and youngsters to treat the women and girl children equal to men and boys by way of short films, issuance of pamphlets, commercial advertisements, seminars, lectures etc.,?
Q Why not Central government appoint a committee/commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge with psychiatrists, psychologists, women activists and others to look into the various reasons, especially psychological/mind connected reasons for increase in sex crimes against women and children and to give recommendations suggesting remedial and preventive measures
to be taken by the central government including suitable amendments in laws?
Q Why not the government appoint well-trained counsellors/psychologists in every school or for 5 schools, so as to note anti-social and narcissistic personality disorders and identify potential sex offenders and give appropriate counselling with the co-operation of the parents discreetly, to avoid stigma on the children?
Q Whether all the states and Union Territories formulated a uniform scheme for providing victim compensation in respect of rape/sexual exploitation of physically handicapped women?
Q Is it a fact that many false complaints alleging sexual assault are being filed for various reasons to wreak vengeance against the opposite party?
Q Why not government distribute modern devices/gadgets for women, which could be used by the women at times of distress or while facing sexual violence?
Madras HC: Rise in sex crimes due to ‘sex starvation’ among men?
Sureshkumar| TNN | Updated: Dec 17, 2017, 09:36 IST
HIGHLIGHTS
The HC said that the offences had to be analysed and examined from psychological and sociological angles
The judge suo motu impleaded the Centre and the NCW and directed them to file a response to his queries
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has asked the Centre and the Tamil Nadugovernment to find out if the rise in sexual violence against women is due to fall in sex ratio or due to "sex starvation" among men in view of various cultural, religious and moral prohibition on sex.
Noting that crimes against women and girls, especially incidence of sex crimes, were shockingly rising every year and demanding urgent measures to stop such heinous offences, Justice N Kirubakaran posed several questions for the Union and state governments as well as bodies such as the National Commission for Women(NCW). The judge wanted a response on the queries by January 10, 2018.
"Sexual assault is violation of privacy, dignity, and honour causing permanent scar and continuous agony in the mind of the hapless victim. Everyone has a right over her/his body and no one has the right to infringe upon the same, without the consent of the person. In sexual assault, the victim's body in spite of resistance/opposition, is vitiated by the perpetrator by force," Justice Kirubakaran observed while dismissing bail applications moved by Andrews and Prabhu both accused in the rape and murder of a 60-year-old mentally challenged woman. The said culprits could neither be termed "'human beings"' nor "animals" as even animals are noble in their own way, the judge added.
Pointing out that in spite of stringent laws brought in after Nirbhaya incident in 2012, sexual assaults on women continued unabated, the judge said, adding that the offences had to be analysed and examined from psychological and sociological angles.
The judge then suo motu impleaded the central government and the NCW and directed them to file a response to his queries, including on whether alcoholism is one of the main reasons for the spurt in such offences, whether sexual violence against women is due to a fall in sex ratio due to female infanticide and feticide, whether sexual violence against women is due to "sex starvation" among Indian men in view of various prohibitions regarding sex on grounds of culture, religion, morality and ethics, whether sex offences/crimes against women and girl children are due to lack of knowledge and understanding about sex, and whether the rise in sex crimes is due to easy accessibility and availability of pornographic material through the internet.
Justice Kirubakaran also wanted the government to explore distributing modern devices/gadgets to women that can be used in times of distress or while facing sexual predators.
Sureshkumar| TNN | Updated: Dec 17, 2017, 09:36 IST
HIGHLIGHTS
The HC said that the offences had to be analysed and examined from psychological and sociological angles
The judge suo motu impleaded the Centre and the NCW and directed them to file a response to his queries
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has asked the Centre and the Tamil Nadugovernment to find out if the rise in sexual violence against women is due to fall in sex ratio or due to "sex starvation" among men in view of various cultural, religious and moral prohibition on sex.
Noting that crimes against women and girls, especially incidence of sex crimes, were shockingly rising every year and demanding urgent measures to stop such heinous offences, Justice N Kirubakaran posed several questions for the Union and state governments as well as bodies such as the National Commission for Women(NCW). The judge wanted a response on the queries by January 10, 2018.
"Sexual assault is violation of privacy, dignity, and honour causing permanent scar and continuous agony in the mind of the hapless victim. Everyone has a right over her/his body and no one has the right to infringe upon the same, without the consent of the person. In sexual assault, the victim's body in spite of resistance/opposition, is vitiated by the perpetrator by force," Justice Kirubakaran observed while dismissing bail applications moved by Andrews and Prabhu both accused in the rape and murder of a 60-year-old mentally challenged woman. The said culprits could neither be termed "'human beings"' nor "animals" as even animals are noble in their own way, the judge added.
Pointing out that in spite of stringent laws brought in after Nirbhaya incident in 2012, sexual assaults on women continued unabated, the judge said, adding that the offences had to be analysed and examined from psychological and sociological angles.
The judge then suo motu impleaded the central government and the NCW and directed them to file a response to his queries, including on whether alcoholism is one of the main reasons for the spurt in such offences, whether sexual violence against women is due to a fall in sex ratio due to female infanticide and feticide, whether sexual violence against women is due to "sex starvation" among Indian men in view of various prohibitions regarding sex on grounds of culture, religion, morality and ethics, whether sex offences/crimes against women and girl children are due to lack of knowledge and understanding about sex, and whether the rise in sex crimes is due to easy accessibility and availability of pornographic material through the internet.
Justice Kirubakaran also wanted the government to explore distributing modern devices/gadgets to women that can be used in times of distress or while facing sexual predators.
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