The Delhi High Court today (August 11) said it will hear on Sept 27 the plea seeking registration of First-Information-Report against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly disclosing the identity of a 9-year-old Dalit kid who was allegedly raped and killed in southwest Delhi, by publishing pics with her parents on social media.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh ruled out to issue notice on the PIL by Makarand Suresh Mhadlekar at this stage and asked the parties to "keep 1-2 pages of submissions ready on next date". Senior advocate Sajan Poovayya, on behalf of Twitter, told the court that the tweet in question has been removed as it was found to be in violation of the platform's own policy. "The account has been locked and the tweet is not available," Poovayya said.
Sr. advocate RS Cheema appeared for Rahul Gandhi. In his petition, Mhadlekar, a social activist, said that by posting the photograph with the parents of the child victim, Gandhi violated the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, which forbid the disclosure of identity of minor victims of sexual offences. The plea also seeks initiation of appropriate legal action against Gandhi by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
The minor Dalit girl died under suspicious circumstances on August 1 even as her parents alleged that she was raped, murdered and cremated by a crematorium priest in southwest Delhi's Old Nangal village.
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