{"id":326361,"date":"2024-07-11T17:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=326361"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T07:18:23","slug":"calcutta-hc-says-male-passengers-travelling-in-compartments-for-female-passengers-will-be-prosecuted-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/11\/calcutta-hc-says-male-passengers-travelling-in-compartments-for-female-passengers-will-be-prosecuted-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If male passengers travel in compartments reserved exclusively for female passengers, they will be prosecuted\u2019: Calcutta High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Calcutta High Court:<\/span> In a writ petition filed by a practicing advocate to highlight the issue of unauthorized male passengers boarding and travelling in the compartments reserved exclusively for female passengers, a Division Bench of T.S. Sivagnanam, CJ., and Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J. directed to make announcements in the public address system in all railway stations that if male passengers travel in compartments reserved exclusively for female passengers, they would be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioner pointed out various instances where male passengers had boarded the compartments reserved exclusively for female passengers and stated that many times untoward incidents had taken place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The petitioner also submitted a representation to the authorities and moved the Court through the present petition for appropriate direction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, Railway Protection Force (&#8216;RPF&#8217;) had given a written instruction to the standing counsel appearing for the Railways which stated that regular awareness drives were being conducted against travelling of male passengers in coaches earmarked for female passengers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court stated that considering the stand taken by the Railway Protection Force which established that male passengers unauthorizedly travelled in compartments reserved exclusively for female passengers, as well as the number of people who had been arrested, this appeared to be a menace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Thus, the Court observed that the frequency of conducting the awareness drives by the RPF should be increased so that this menace could be avoided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court, while disposing of the petition, also mentioned that announcements should be made in the public address system in all railway stations that if male passengers travel in compartments reserved exclusively for female passengers, they would be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Piyeta Bhattacharjee v. 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