Allahabad High Court · 2026-02-16
CRIMINAL WRIT-PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No. 23569 of 2016 at Lucknow
- Citation / case number
- CRIMINAL WRIT-PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No. 23569 of 2016 at Lucknow
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Petitioner
- CRIMINAL WRIT-PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No. 23569 of 2016 at Lucknow
- Respondent
- Unknown
Judgment text excerpt
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL WRIT-PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No. - 23569 of 2016 In Re Mau Incident .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Suo Moto Counsel for Respondent(s) : Anurag Verma (A.G.A.) with Ajit Singh, Raj Kumar Singh Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. In the present suo moto petition, the order dated 20.11.2024 was passed by the Court which reads as under: "1. By order dated 19.09.2016, a Coordinate Bench of this Court took suo moto cognizance of the news relating to the alleged gang rape of a woman and being thrown off a moving train. 2. During course of the pendency of the present writ petition, by order dated 02.02.2024, notice was issued to the Ministry of Railways, Government of India along with a copy of the order passed by this Court to show cause as to what measures have been taken by the Ministry of Railways to curb such incidents in the running trains and at the Railway Stations operated by the Ministry. Further, learned Additional Government Counsel was directed to obtain instructions as to why a part of compensation has not been p