The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to several news and social media platforms for allegedly disclosing the identity of the Dalit girl who was gangraped and murdered by four upper caste Thakur men in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, four months ago, ANI reported.
The notice came on a Public Interest Litigation that sought action against the Telegraph, Dainik Jagran, BuzzFeed, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and WikiFeed for violating Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code.
The petition states that the law clearly expresses under Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code that the identity and name of the victim is not to be disclosed and if such disclosure is done it will amount to a criminal offence.
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) January 8, 2021
The plea asked that the Delhi police register an FIR against these platforms and ensure they withdraw any published material that violates the right to privacy of the victim.
The petition “lists out the alleged violations by the publications named by it” that have not been rectified until the date of filing of the PIL, Live Law reported.
The matter is listed for hearing on February 5.
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