Delhi high court has issued a notice regarding an FIR against a woman journalist for alleged misconduct
It asked them to file their replies before November 16, the next date of hearing. The matter needs consideration; list for final hearing on November 16,” the judge said. The Delhi Police Crime Branch is investigating her complaint, PTI reported. The Delhi Police registered the FIR against the independent journalist and others based on an official’s complaint, PTI reported.
The court issued notice to the Delhi Police and the assistant commissioner of police (ACP), who filed the complaint, on the journalist’s plea seeking quashing of the FIR. “I am not rejecting any prayer as of now. I am only issuing notice to them. The high court passed a similar order on a separate plea by a male colleague of the journalist, who has also sought quashing of the FIR registered against him.
Earlier, the woman journalist had filed a sexual assault complaint against the official.
Justice Mini Pushkarna clarified that the court was neither rejecting the interim prayer at this stage nor passing any order on it, news agency PTI reported. NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday refused to stay the investigation into a case registered against a woman journalist over alleged casteist remarks and public humiliation of a police officer during a protest near Jantar Mantar earlier this month.