Mahua Moitra tweet against NCW chief: Delhi High Court seeks police response on plea to quash FIR

Mahua Moitra tweet against NCW chief: Delhi High Court seeks police response on plea to quash FIR

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising spoken to Moitra and submitted that in spite of a composed communication to the Police, she was not given a duplicate of the FIR. The Delhi high Court on Friday issued take note to the Delhi Police on a appeal recorded by Part of Parliament (MP) Mahua Moitra looking for suppress of the To begin with Data Report (FIR) enrolled against her for comments made by her against the National Commission of Ladies (NCW) Chief Rekha Sharma. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna looked for Delhi Police reaction and recorded the case for contentions on November 6. Senior Advocate Indira Jaising spoken to Moitra and submitted that in spite of a composed communication to the Police, she was not given a duplicate of the FIR. Following this, the advise speaking to the Delhi Police given over a duplicate of the FIR to Moitra's lawyers. However, the police moreover challenged the practicality of the supplication on the ground that Moitra has challenged communications issued by NCW to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Delhi Police in the same request. Moitra, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) pioneer, was as of late booked by Delhi Police beneath Area 79 (Word, signal or act aiming to offended humility of a lady) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for her tweet against Sharma. The MP had made the comment against Sharma in connection to a video appearing NCW Chief's staff holding an umbrella over her head when she was at the location of the later charge at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. The criminal case was enrolled after the NCW took suo motu cognizance of the tweet and looked for activity against the TMC MP. The statutory body portrayed Moitra's comments as "greatly over the top" and a "sheer infringement of the women's right to live with dignity". Moitra's request was recorded through Advocate Paras Nath Singh.

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