India, Sept. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of rising instances of sexual assault against minors and women in the national capital region seeking response from Delhi Police and stating that public spaces including parks, buses and roads cannot be made "zones of high risk".

A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran took note of the news reports concerning the recent rape of a 17-year old at Aastha Kunj park near Lady Sri Ram College, the gang-rape of a minor at Swaroop Nagar, and the sexual assault of another minor inside a bus travelling from Greater Noida to Delhi.

Taking serious exception to the repeated incidents of sexual assault on minors, the bench said, "One cannot help but draw a painful p...