"All the state governments and Union territories are directed to depute plain-clothes female police officers in the precincts of bus stands, railway stations, metro stations, cinema theatres, shopping malls, parks, beaches, public service vehicles, places of worship etc. So as to monitor and supervise incidents of eve-teasing," a bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said.
The court said the guidelines were necessary as there is "no uniform law" to deal with the menace.
"We notice that there is no uniform law in this country to curb eve-teasing effectively in or within the precincts of educational institutions, places of worship, bus stands, metro-stations, railway stations, cinema theatres, parks, beaches, places of festival, public service vehicles or any other similar place," the bench said. (More)
