<p>The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on two PILs seeking fast-tracking of all cases of sexual abuse against women and awarding them compensation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The court also issued notice on the the plea seeking creation of additional courts, improving judicial infrastructure and filling of existing vacancies.<br /><br />An apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Dipak Misra, however, declined to entertain a plea seeking directions to disqualify elected representatives facing criminal cases. <br /><br />The court said that it could not pass orders on such a plea and that it would issue notice only on the prayers that concerned the violation of the people's fundamental rights.<br /><br />The notice is returnable in four weeks. The court issued notice on the petitions that were filed in the wake of the gang-rape and torture of a young women by six men in a moving bus in Delhi. <br /><br />One of the petitioners is Promila Shanker, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on two PILs seeking fast-tracking of all cases of sexual abuse against women and awarding them compensation.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The court also issued notice on the the plea seeking creation of additional courts, improving judicial infrastructure and filling of existing vacancies.<br /><br />An apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Dipak Misra, however, declined to entertain a plea seeking directions to disqualify elected representatives facing criminal cases. <br /><br />The court said that it could not pass orders on such a plea and that it would issue notice only on the prayers that concerned the violation of the people's fundamental rights.<br /><br />The notice is returnable in four weeks. The court issued notice on the petitions that were filed in the wake of the gang-rape and torture of a young women by six men in a moving bus in Delhi. <br /><br />One of the petitioners is Promila Shanker, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer.</p>