The Delhi High Court has directed day to day trial in all sexual assault cases against women being heard by lower courts. It said that the recent “brutal gang rape” incident in the capital has shaken the entire nation.

The Registrar General of the High Court said in a statement that a bench headed by Chief Justice D Murugesan has already taken “suo motu cognisance” of the incident on the judicial side.

It said that the administrative committee of the High Court, headed by the Chief Justice, has already accepted the Delhi Government's proposal to establish five special fast track courts to deal with sexual assault cases against women.