A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal took cognisance of the September 12 incident in which a driver of a black-yellow taxi allegedly offered lift to a woman and then sexually assaulted her.
Referring to the incident, the bench, also comprising C Hari Shankar, said, "It points out that enforcement agencies, Delhi Police and traffic police are unable to check gross violation of law by taxi drivers in Delhi, resulting in serious crimes including sexual violence against passengers."
It also ordered that the victim should be provided with immediate legal aid and compensation.
The directions were issued to the authorities which have to respond by September 20.
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The court on its own took note of a report in an English daily titled 'Rape in cab brings back focus on blatant violation of norms'.
The report had said a 30-year-old taxi driver was arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman at a park near Red Fort on September 12. The woman had alleged that Chunnu Kumar raped her on the pretext of dropping her to a bus stand from where she could go to Ludhiana.
On September 13 too, the court had on its own initiated proceedings after taking note of a media report on the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl in the city and ordered immediate legal aid.
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