<p> The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a PIL filed by a former woman IAS officer seeking directions to the government to ensure safety of women and for conduct of fast-track court proceedings in all rape cases.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir will hear tomorrow the PIL which also sought suspension of MPs and MLAs in case a charge sheet is filed against them for crime against women.<br /><br />In her PIL, retired IAS officer Promilla Shanker has pleaded with the court to direct the government to set up fast-track courts in all states for expeditious trial of rape cases.<br />She also submitted that cases of rape and crime against women and children be investigated by lady police officials and trial be conducted by lady judges.<br /><br />Meanwhile, another bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi issued notices to the Centre and all the states and sought their response on another PIL by advocate Mukesh Kumar seeking safety measures for women.<br /><br />Kumar, in his PIL, demanded creation of women police stations in every town to investigate complaints of rape and sexual assault against women.<br /><br />It also sought steps for implementation of UN convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.<br /><br />The court asked the Centre and the states to file their responses in four weeks.<br />The PILs come in the backdrop of the nation-wide outrage over December 16 brutal gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, who died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.</p>
<p> The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a PIL filed by a former woman IAS officer seeking directions to the government to ensure safety of women and for conduct of fast-track court proceedings in all rape cases.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir will hear tomorrow the PIL which also sought suspension of MPs and MLAs in case a charge sheet is filed against them for crime against women.<br /><br />In her PIL, retired IAS officer Promilla Shanker has pleaded with the court to direct the government to set up fast-track courts in all states for expeditious trial of rape cases.<br />She also submitted that cases of rape and crime against women and children be investigated by lady police officials and trial be conducted by lady judges.<br /><br />Meanwhile, another bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi issued notices to the Centre and all the states and sought their response on another PIL by advocate Mukesh Kumar seeking safety measures for women.<br /><br />Kumar, in his PIL, demanded creation of women police stations in every town to investigate complaints of rape and sexual assault against women.<br /><br />It also sought steps for implementation of UN convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.<br /><br />The court asked the Centre and the states to file their responses in four weeks.<br />The PILs come in the backdrop of the nation-wide outrage over December 16 brutal gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, who died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.</p>