The Supreme has termed the consequences of eve-teasing as disastrous and issued a number of guidelines to curb the menace .

A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said all the state governments and Union territories are directed to depute plain-clothes female police officers in the precincts of bus stands, railway stations, metro stations, cinema theatres, shopping malls, parks, beaches, public service vehicles, places of worship etc. so as to monitor and supervise incidents of eve-teasing. The court said the guidelines were necessary as there is no uniform law to deal with the menace.

The apex court laid down the guidelines in the judgement by which it set aside a verdict of the Madras High Court.