Explain why no loos for women cops: Allahabad high court
Rajesh Kumar Pandey | TNN | Jan 19, 2019, 13:23 IST
(Representative image)ALLAHABAD: Allahabad high court on Friday directed the state government and Allahabad district administration, including senior police officers, to apprise the court by January 22 as to why there are no toilets and washrooms for women police constables and officers in any police station of the district.
Hearing a PIL filed by Yeshaswi Srivastava and others, students of different law colleges, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice CD Singh fixed January 22 as the next date of hearing of the matter.
The students, who appeared in person, said that there are 29 police stations in Allahabad district, but surprisingly none has toilets and washrooms for women.
During proceedings, the counsel appearing for state government apprised the court that a letter for construction of toilets and washrooms for women in all police stations in the district has already been written to the district magistrate.
The state’s counsel further informed the court that as soon as consent is obtained from the district magistrate, toilets and washrooms would be constructed in all the police stations of the district. However, the court, after knowing this fact that there is no toilet for women cops in police stations across the district, expressed displeasure and surprise over the poor state of affairs.
However, the court on the request of state government’s counsel, deferred the hearing in the case while asking him to apprise the court in respect of steps taken to provide basic sanitation facilities in police stations of the district.
Hearing a PIL filed by Yeshaswi Srivastava and others, students of different law colleges, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice CD Singh fixed January 22 as the next date of hearing of the matter.
The students, who appeared in person, said that there are 29 police stations in Allahabad district, but surprisingly none has toilets and washrooms for women.
During proceedings, the counsel appearing for state government apprised the court that a letter for construction of toilets and washrooms for women in all police stations in the district has already been written to the district magistrate.
The state’s counsel further informed the court that as soon as consent is obtained from the district magistrate, toilets and washrooms would be constructed in all the police stations of the district. However, the court, after knowing this fact that there is no toilet for women cops in police stations across the district, expressed displeasure and surprise over the poor state of affairs.
However, the court on the request of state government’s counsel, deferred the hearing in the case while asking him to apprise the court in respect of steps taken to provide basic sanitation facilities in police stations of the district.
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