Rahul Gandhi tweet controversy: Delhi High Court issues notice to Twitter

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Twitter on a plea seeking directions to Twitter and the Delhi Police to take action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly revealing the identity of the relatives of a rape and murder victim in Delhi in a tweetThe Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh while issuing the notice to Twitter only made explicitly clear that no notice is being issued to other respondentsThe court listed the matter for November 30 2021 for further hearingMeanwhile Senior Advocate Sajan Poovayya who appeared for Twitter informed the Court that Rahul Gandhis tweet violated our policy also we have already removed that tweet and his Twitter account was also blockedTwitter submission come during the hearing of a PIL seeking direction to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR and Delhi Police to take necessary legal action against Rahul Gandhi for his Tweet allegedly disclosing identification of Delhi Cantt Rape victim familyA plea was moved in Delhi High Court seeks direction to NCPCR to take necessary legal action against Rahul Gandhi for his Tweet allegedly disclosing identification of Delhi Cantt Rape victim familyThe petition also seeks direction to Delhi Police to register an FIR against Gandhi under section of the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act 2015The petitioner Makarand Suresh Mhadlekar claimed to be a social activist has approached Delhi High Court to seek its intervention for appropriate legal action against Gandhi for allegedly disclosing sensitive information about a rape victim and her family members by publishing a photograph of her parents on his Twitter handleAlso read After Twitter NCPCR demands action against Instagram profile of Rahul GandhiAdvocates Gautam Jha appeared for the petitioner stated that Rahul Gandhi has violated section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and section 232 of the POCSO Act 2012 both of which mandate that the identity of a child victim of a crime shall not be disclosedThe law in this regard is very wellsettled in a catena of judgments including in the case of Nipun Saxena vs Union Of India wherein it was held by the Supreme Court of India that the name address school or other particulars which may lead to the identification of the child in conflict with lawvictim cannot be disclosed in the media No picture of such child or any such particular which can directly or indirectly disclose her identity can be published A child who is not in conflict with the law but is a victim of an offence especially a sexual offence needs this protection even more the plea readIn August Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had met the family of the minor girl who was allegedly raped murdered and cremated without her parents consent in Delhis Old Nangal crematorium After meeting with the family he assured his support to the family Rahul Gandhi also tweeted about his meeting and shared a picture of him with the victims parents on TwitterOn August 1 a nineyearold girl was allegedly raped and killed by a priest and three employees of a crematorium near Delhi Cantonment in southwest Delhi the police had said Delhi Police registered a case against four accused on the basis of the statement of the minors mother who alleged that her daughter was raped murdered and cremated without their consent on SundayThe accused persons have been booked under Sections 302 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code along with the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and the SCST ActThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever