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"5. In this context, learned Counsel for the State has drawn our attention to a judgment rendered by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Deputy Inspector General of Police & Another Vs. S. Samuthiram reported in (2013) 1 SCC 598. Expressing concern over the pernicious practice of eve-teasing and after referring to the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Eve- Teasing Act, 1998, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in paragraph 34 issued various directions to curb eveteasing. The relevant paragraphs of judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, which are paragraphs 29 to 34 reads as under:

Every citizen in this country has the right to live with dignity and honour which is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Sexual harassment like eve-teasing of 3 women amounts to violation of rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 15 as well. We notice that in the absence of effective legislation to contain eve-teasing, normally, complaints are registered under Section 295 or Section 509 IPC.

30. Section 294 IPC says that:

32. Eve-teasing today has become a pernicious, horrid and disgusting practice. The Indian Journal of Criminology and Criminalistics (January-June 1995 Edn.) has categorised eveteasing into five heads viz.:

(1) verbal eve-teasing;

(2) physical eve-teasing;

(3) psychological harassment;

(4) sexual harassment; and (5) harassment through some objects.

33. In Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan this Court has laid down certain guidelines on sexual harassment. In Rupan deol Bajaj v. Kanwar Pal Singh Gill this Court had explained the meaning of " modesty" in relation to women. More and more girl students, women, etc. Go to educational institutions, work places, etc. and their protection is of extreme importance to a civilised and cultured society. The experience of women and girl children in overcrowded buses, metros, trains, etc. are horrendous and a painful ordeal.

34. Parliament is currently considering the Protection of Woman against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010, which is intended to protect female workers in most workplaces. Provisions of that Bill are not sufficient to curb eve-teasing. Before undertaking suitable legislation to curb eve-teasing, it is necessary to take at least some urgent measures so that it can be curtailed to some extent. In public interest, we are therefore inclined to give the following directions:

34.1. All the State Governments and Union Territories are directed to depute plain clothed female police officers in the precincts of busstands and stops, railway stations, metro stations, cinema theaters, shopping malls, parks, beaches, public service vehicles, places of worship, etc. so as to monitor and supervise incidents of eve-teasing.