TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA, J. This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petitions No.26229 of 2012 “Court on its own motion v. State of Punjab and others”, No.19484 of 2012 “Harinder Pal Singh Ishar v. State of Punjab and others”, No.20014 of 2012 “Mohinder S.Nain v. Union of India and others” and No.3342 of 2013 “Navpreet Kaur v. Union Territory Chandigarh Administration.”

2. A common thread that runs through all these petitions that had been entertained in public interest, is the focus on the burning issue of crime against women, be it in the form of rape, eve-teasing, sexual harassment, acid attacks etc. and the necessary remedial measures to be put in place to curb such menace.

3. It would be appropriate to briefly advert to every single petition.

4. Civil Writ Petition No.26229 of 2012, “Court on its own motion v. State of Punjab and others” is a petition in which this Court had been constrained to take suo motu notice of a report appearing in the various National Dailies' (Chandigarh Edition) with a caption in the 'Times of India' reading as “Punjab's Shame; minor kills self after gang-rape”. The unfortunate victim of rape in such incident, as per newspaper reports, was not