India / Disha Ravi moves Delhi HC seeking order to police to not leak chats to media

Activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case, has approached Delhi High Court seeking direction to Delhi Police to not leak any investigation material including alleged contents of private chats to any third party including the media. She also reportedly sought action against some news channels for violating the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Feb 18, 2021, 12:33 PM
New Delhi: Climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested for alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the farmers’ protest, on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain police from leaking to the media any probe material in relation to the FIR lodged against her.

Advocate Abhinav Sekhri, one of the lawyers representing Ravi, said he is waiting for the matter to be listed for hearing in the high court and then only he can comment about it.

The petition also seeks to restrain the media from publishing the contents or extracts of any alleged private chats, including those on WhatsApp, between her and third parties.

The Delhi Police, probing the “toolkit Google doc” backing the farmers’ agitation shared by climate activist Greta Thunberg, had arrested Ravi while Mumbai lawyer Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu Muluk have been granted pre-arrest bail by court.