HC directs special coaches for women on trains during Eid journey

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed the railway authorities to allocate special coaches for women on every passenger train during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha journey.

A High Court division bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Md Ashif Hasan passed the order after holding a hearing on a writ petition filed in this connection.

Advocate Md Ajmal Hossain Khokon, who moved the plea before the court, said that although the Railway Act contains provisions for reserving special coaches for women, those provisions have not been implemented in practice.

"Following a writ petition filed in 2021 seeking implementation of the provision, the High Court had issued a rule, which is still pending. As Eid-ul-Azha is approaching, an application was filed seeking directives for reserving special coaches for women. After hearing the plea, the court issued the order today," he told newsmen.