CONGRESS LEADER RAHUL GANDHI TO DELHI HIGH COURT: WILL TAKE DOWN TWEET DISCLOSING IDENTITY OF MINOR RAPE VICTIM

The Delhi High Court in the case Makarand Suresh Mhadlekar v. Rahul Gandhi & Ors observed wherein it has been informed by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that he will take down his tweet allegedly disclosing the identity and sensitive details about a minor girl, who was raped and murdered in 2021, and her family on social media.

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The Division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna in the case stated that it does not want to pass a judicial order directing Gandhi to take down the tweet.

In the present case, the nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a priest inside a crematorium in 2021 in the Delhi Cantonment area.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the minor’s family and posted a picture on X, formerly Twitter.

The court in the case was dealing with the petition moved by Makarand Suresh Mhadlekar, a social activist, claiming that by posting the photograph with the parents of the child victim, Gandhi violated the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, which prohibited the disclosure of identity of minor victims of sexual offences.