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Delhi rape: On ‘dharna’, DCW chief Swati Maliwal slept at hospital, accuses police of ‘hooliganism’

Swati Maliwal sat on a dharna at a hospital, claiming that she was prevented from meeting the minor girl allegedly raped by a Delhi official.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal Monday night at a hospital.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal spent Monday night at the hospital after she was stopped from meeting the 16-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by a senior Delhi government official.

Accusing the Delhi Police of indulging in hooliganism, Maliwal on Tuesday morning said, “They are neither allowing me to meet the girl nor her mother. I can’t understand what do the police want to hide from me. I am being told that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairperson was allowed to meet the girl’s mother. When the NCPCR chairperson can meet the mother, why is the DCW chief not being allowed for the same?”

Taking to X (formally Twitter) Maliwal wrote, “Since 12 noon yesterday, I am sitting outside the hospital to meet the victim girl or her family. Slept outside the hospital at night. The NCPCR can be introduced to the girl’s mother, so why have I been asked to stop? What are you trying to hide?”

The girl has been sexually assaulted for several months resulting in her pregnancy. On Monday, the Delhi Police arrested the government official Premoday Khakha (51) and his wife Seema Rani (50).

“In the case of sexual assault with a minor, we have arrested two persons. One of them is Premoday Khakha, 51 years old, is a Deputy Director in the Department of Women and Child Development of GNCT and the second accused is his wife, Seema Rani, 50 years old,” DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/delhi-rape-on-dharna-dcw-chief-swati-maliwal-slept-at-hospital-accuses-police-of-hooliganism-101692673728396.html

Can’t excuse atrocities on women during Manipur violence by citing other states, says Supreme Court

Justice Chandrachud responded to Bansuri Swaraj, who said, ‘I am seeking pan-India relief for women. They are all daughters of India’

CJI Chandrachud.
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The Supreme Court on Monday said the atrocities on women in the Manipur violence cannot be excused merely because similar incidents had been reported from other states like Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

“We will deal with it later. But here, we are dealing with something which is
unprecedented violence relating to communal and sectarian strife,” Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said.

The Chief Justice was responding to Bansuri Swaraj, advocate and daughter of the late BJP leader and Union minister Sushma Swaraj.

Bansuri’s clients wanted the top court to expand the scope of the present suo motu hearing on the Manipur violence to include similar crimes committed against women in Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

Bansuri said: “I am seeking pan-India relief for women. They are all daughters of India.”

Chief Justice Chandrachud responded: “Are you for a moment saying that do something for all the daughters of India or don’t do anything for anybody at all?”

Bansuri said: “No, my plea is ‘protect all the daughters of India’.”

The bench then asked her to give suggestions on the Manipur incident alone and mention the issues related to other states later.

The Chief Justice added: “You cannot excuse what is taking place in Manipur now on the ground that such crimes are happening to several other women as well in other parts of the country.”

The Supreme Court bench, which included Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, made no mention of it but the Narendra Modi government has been accused by the Opposition of indulging in “whataboutery” after a video showing the savagery on two women who were paraded naked in Manipur emerged.

A day after the video emerged, ending his months-long silence on the Manipur violence, Prime Minister Modi had said: “…My heart is full of pain, full of anger. The incident that has come to the fore in Manipur is a shameful one for any civilised society…. Be it Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Manipur or any part of the country, maintaining law and order and respecting women should be put above any political debate.

On Monday, Bansuri was appearing in the court for two interveners — the SS Human Rights Foundation, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, through Sangita Chakraborty, and the Delhi-based Sangini Saheli through Priyal Bhardwaj.

The bench said: “Undoubtedly, there are crimes taking place against women all over the country. But then that is part of our social reality. However, in Manipur, we are dealing with something which is of an unprecedented magnitude, mainly crime and the unabated violence in a situation relating to communal and sectarian strife.”

Referring to the allegations associated with Bengal, Bansuri said: “These are all bone-chilling incidents. Your Lordships must protect all daughters of India and not limit the mechanism only to the state of Manipur,” the counsel said.

Source: https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cant-excuse-atrocities-on-women-during-manipur-violence-by-citing-other-states-says-supreme-court/cid/1955795

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