A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice MS Sanklecha was hearing a suo moto (on its own) public interest litigation based on newspaper reports and a PIL filed by NGO Help Mumbai Foundation regarding women's safety in the city and while travelling in local trains.u00a0

The bench was today informed by Advocate General Darius Khambata that on request from the Government Railway Police (GRP) for additional 100 home guards, the state government had sanctioned it but had asked the Railways to bear 50 per cent of the cost.