Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir on Saturday said the Delhi gangrape on December 13 was not ‘unique’, but one among many. “What happened on December 16 in Delhi was sad and bad and something extraordinary, but at the same time not unique. This was made into a kind of an iconic situation,” Kabir said at an event held by the Calcutta High Court here to mark International Women’s Day.
“The girl named Nirbhaya or Damini who died after the brutal attack on her was not an isolated incident,” he said.
“The next day, the newspaper headlines screamed in outrage against the incident. But at the same day, the news of gangrape of a 10-year old Dalit and who was burnt subsequently was tucked away in the inside pages devoting only five to 10 lines,” he said.
“The family of the Delhi gang-rape victim was given huge compensation by Governments and various bodies. But what happened to the little Dalit girlIJ Did her family get anythingIJ” he wondered.
“We need to take these people by scruff of the neck to show that this is not the way to deal with woman,” the CJI said.