{"id":167526,"date":"2021-05-18T15:07:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=167526"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T11:19:27","slug":"disha-ravi-case-delhi-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/top-news-of-the-day\/news\/disha-ravi-case-delhi-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Disha Ravi case: Delhi High Court adjourns hearing to Aug 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Delhi High Court<\/a><\/strong> today adjourned the hearing to August 5, on a petition filed by Toolkit case accused Disha Ravi, alleging that Delhi Police leaked information to the media and third parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The matter was listed before the Single-Judge Bench of Justice Rekha Palli, which expressed disappointment on the delay in filing of reply by the Central Government. \u201cI should impose costs on you? What is the sanctity of the last opportunity?,\u201d said Justice Palli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Central Government Standing Counsel Ajay Digpaul cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason behind the delay. The Court granted another four weeks for filing the Counter-affidavit, while stating that interim orders will continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On March 17, 2021, the High Court<\/a><\/strong> had granted two weeks\u2019 time to Delhi Police and the Central government to file their response over the petition filed by Toolkit case accused Disha Ravi, alleging leakage of information to the media and third parties by the Delhi Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The said directions from the High Court came after Ravi\u2019s Counsel and Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal submitted before the Bench that all the respondents in the case have filed their replies, apart from respondents 1 and 2, being the Union of India and the Delhi Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 22-year-old climate activist, who is an accused in the Toolkit case, had approached the Delhi High Court<\/a><\/strong>, seeking directions to restrain Delhi Police from leaking any investigation material relating to the case filed against her by the special cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Prathiba M Singh on February 19 had said, \u201cRight to privacy, the sovereignty and integrity of the country and the freedom of speech need to be balanced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Court said that the recent coverage by media definitely shows there is sensationalised reporting by the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe print and electronic media plays a very important role in ensuring that there is no sensationalism and that they adhere to responsible journalism. Recent coverage by the media definitely shows that there is sensationalism. While police briefings and the happenings in Court proceedings can also be broadcasted and disseminated, leaked investigation material ought not to be disseminated, so as to prejudice the investigation,\u201d observed the Court.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n