October 13, 2017 8:45 PM

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HC stays proceedings against DCW chief Maliwal

Delhi High Court has stayed the proceedings against Delhi Commission for Women, DCW, chief Swati Maliwal in a case of disclosing the identity of a 14-year-old rape victim. <br/><br/>Justice Ashutosh Kumar granted interim relief to Maliwal today, who has been summoned by the trial court to appear before it on 23rd of this month in the case.<br/><br/>The minor girl had died in a hospital after a neighbour had allegedly repeatedly raped her in north Delhi's Burari area on 23rd July last year and forced a corrosive substance down her throat which damaged her internal organs. <br/><br/>The police said, Maliwal circulated a notice she had sent to the area police, in which she had sought to know about the investigation in the rape case. <br/><br/>The notice, which was given to the print and electronic media, had the name of the victim.<br/><br/>The police earlier told the high court that they have invoked provisions of Juvenile Justice Act against Maliwal. It had, however, dropped the charge of disclosure of identity of the victim against Maliwal under the IPC.

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