The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the Centre and the police one last chance to file their reply on a plea by climate activist Disha R...
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the Centre and the police one last chance to file their reply on a plea by climate activist Disha Ravi concerning media leaks in the farm protest documents case, reported Bar and Bench. She has sought to restrain the police from leaking the investigation material in relation to the first information report filed against her.
A bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh granted two weeks’ time to file the counter-affidavits and listed the matter for hearing on May 18.
Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and advocate Ajay Digpaul, appearing for the Centre, and advocate Amit Mahajan, representing the Delhi Police, sought more time to file their replies, reported PTI.
Ravi was arrested on February 13 in a case filed by the Delhi Police for the creation of an online document called “toolkit” intended to help amplify farmer protests. The “toolkit” – a common term used by social activists for campaign material – was tweeted by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Ravi was released from Tihar Jail on February 23 after nine days in custody.
Besides restraining the police, Ravi’s petition also sought to stop the media from publishing the content or extract of any private chats between her and third parties.
In her petition, Ravi has claimed that she was “severely...
