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Time of India
10 hours ago
- Time of India
Sexual assault probe: HC flays police insensitivity
Chennai: In yet another incident of police insensitivity while handling cases of sexual harassment, a woman victim was made to view her leaked non-consensual intimate images (NCII) in the presence of seven male police officers. The videos, shared online by her boyfriend, were shown to her during the investigation process to "identify" the accused. "It was not only the accused who violated her dignity guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, but also each of the seven police officers present during the inquiry," Justice Anand Venkatesh said. "It was like adding insult to injury. Don't the officers have a little bit of sense? Society will not question the boy who committed the crime; it will question only the girl who the victim is," the judge said. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai In the name of investigation, more harassment was meted out to the victim. The police are dealing with the case as if they were dealing with thugs, he added. This is not an ordinary case, in which the police are dealing with morons. The accused in such cases are the most intelligent, deadliest persons sitting in a room that we don't know where, Justice Anand Venkatesh said. The court then censured the police for revealing the name of the victim in the FIR and directed that it must be redacted from the FIR and from all those documents where it was incorporated during the investigation. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Đây có thể là thời điểm tốt nhất để giao dịch vàng trong 5 năm qua IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo In no place must the name of the victim girl be shown, the judge said. As to the removal of the NCII of the woman lawyer from the internet, the Union govt informed the court that immediate steps were taken to block all the websites from where the contents could not be removed. However, Senior advocate Abudu Kumar Rajaratnam for the petitioner submitted that the videos/intimate images once again resurfaced on 39 sites. He produced the particulars of those 39 sites to the court. Recording the submission, the court directed the Union govt to file an affidavit explaining the various steps that were initiated and give a prototype as to what a victim girl must do when she is faced with a situation like this. In the meantime, the Union govt shall ensure that the NCII does not resurface and the technology discussed in the order passed by the Delhi and Karnataka high courts shall be adopted, he said. If ultimately, the Union can completely block the NCII and prevent it from resurfacing, it will be a test case that can be applied in the future to handle the situation more effectively, he added.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Time of India
Madras high court appalled by monstrous men, orders Centre to delete obscene pictures of young lawyer
Madras high court CHENNAI: 'A man can become a monster,' said Justice N Anand Venkatesh of Madras high court , empathising with a young woman lawyer whose dignity was battered after her non-consensual intimate images and videos were circulated on the internet by the man she had trusted. Her intimate images — recorded and shared without consent by the man who promised to marry her — were uploaded online and distributed across more than 70 websites, including pornographic platforms and social media, leading to severe personal and professional distress for her. Justice Anand Venkatesh, who was visibly moved during the hearing, said, 'What if it happened to my daughter?' He then directed the Union govt to invoke its authority under the Information Technology Act and ensure the removal of all such content from the internet within 48 hours. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai 'In the considered view of this court, it is the duty of a constitutional court to safeguard the fundamental rights guaranteed to all persons and not limited to just citizens when it comes to gross violations of Article 21. The right to privacy and the right to dignity are guaranteed under Article 21, and the same is being violated every second insofar as the petitioner is concerned,' the judge said. 'Therefore, this court has to exercise its power and ensure that the untold agony faced by the petitioner is at least mitigated by removing those contents as early as possible and to ensure that the petitioner can lead a normal life at least in the future,' he added. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Get ₹2Cr life cover@ ₹700 p.m. ICICI Pru Life Insurance Plan Get Quote Undo Representing the petitioner, senior advocate Abdu Kumar Rajaratnam brought to the notice of the court a judgment passed by Delhi high court in 2023, setting guidelines to be followed by the authorities to deal with such cases. 'Delhi high court made tremendous efforts in somehow trying to find a solution for this problem faced by young girls across the country,' Justice Anand Venkatesh said. This lengthy exercise undertaken by Delhi high court must be followed up by the authorities, since it is the duty of the state to safeguard the fundamental rights of its citizens. It is only the Union authorities who are vested with the power, even as per their own stand taken before Delhi high court, to initiate action under the IT Act for the removal of the contents from the internet and social media platforms, he added. In order to create awareness among the Tamil Nadu police, the court suo motu impleaded the DGP as a party respondent to the petition. The court then adjourned the hearing to July 14 for reporting compliance.
Scroll.in
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Government need not suspect NGOs only because they receive foreign funds: Madras High Court
The government need not treat non-governmental organisations with suspicion merely because they receive foreign funding, the Madras High Court said on Friday. 'Just because some institutions run with the aid of foreign contribution, it is not necessary to look at the institutions like that of the petitioners with suspicion unless there are materials to show that such foreign contribution is being misused and it is being used against public interest/national interest,' the court said. Justice Anand Venkatesh said that several persons of Indian origin living abroad donate money to help India, and that alone should not raise concerns. The court was hearing a petition by two sister organisations, the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education and the Ellen Sharma Memorial Trust, challenging the Ministry of Home Affairs' decision to deny the renewal of their registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. Non-profit organisations that wish to receive funds from abroad need to register themselves under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. The trusts said that they had been working since 1982 to improve children's education and health and relied heavily on foreign donations for their work that includes setting up schools and health centres in and around Chennai. The government argued that the organisations had violated Foreign Contribution Regulation Act rules by moving funds among themselves without permission. However, the court found that the rejection letter did not clearly explain the reasons and that the trust had not been properly informed about the rule changes made in 2020. The court set aside the government's rejection and ordered the authorities to process the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act renewal application within four weeks. In 2020, the Union government amended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act to extend tighter control over how non-profit organisations use foreign funds. Since then, several NGOs have alleged that the government has been using the law to target organisations they do not agree with. Among organisations whose licences under the Act were cancelled or not renewed were non-profits working on human rights, such as Oxfam India and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, and think tanks such as Centre for Policy Research.
Time of India
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Why no FIR against Ponmudy? Madras high court orders notice to DGP, commissioner
Madras high court CHENNAI: Madras high court on Friday ordered notices to the Tamil Nadu DGP and the Chennai commissioner of police on a suo motu plea initiated against former DMK minister K Ponmudy for his obscene speech against Shaivism, Vaishnavism and women. On April 23, Justice N Anand Venkatesh decided to initiate the suo motu plea since the Tamil Nadu police failed to register an FIR against the former minister. After the approval of the chief justice, the petition was numbered and listed before Justice P Velmurugan, who handles the portfolio of cases against MPs and MLAs. When the plea came for hearing on Friday, Justice Velmurugan directed the registry to forward a copy of the order passed by Justice Anand Venkatesh to the DGP and the commissioner and adjourned the hearing to June 25. According to Justice Anand Venkatesh, the comments made by Ponmudy, on the face of it, were completely derogatory towards women and deliberately spewed venom and hatred on the two main sects of Hinduism. The judge directed the initiation of suo motu proceedings as the Tamil Nadu police failed to register an FIR against the minister, as suggested by high court. As per the Supreme Court order, police are mandated to register a case against such hate speech even in the absence of a formal complaint, high court pointed out. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Преносими лазерни заваръчни пистолети, 50% отстъпка LYH Купете сега Undo 'Tamil Nadu police must obey the orders of Supreme Court to check hate speeches in letter and spirit. They cannot perform lip service in these matters,' the judge said. Ponmudy submitted that the remarks were made in a closed-door meeting and that a truncated video clip was circulated. They added that the Madurai bench of the court already dismissed two petitions seeking action against the minister. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
