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Delhi HC Says No Need To Reveal Identity Of Rape Victims To Gain Sympathy From Public
A guard outside the High Court of Delhi (Pradeep Gaur/Mint via Getty Images)
The High Court of Delhi today (25 April) said that the names or photographs of a victim of sexual abuse should not be revealed as such actions have long term "detrimental consequences", reports PTI. The observation was directed at a media house which later apologised for having revealed the identity of the eight year-old girl who was raped and killed in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir.
The bench had made the observation after the aforementioned media house tried to defer paying a compensation of Rs 10 lakh that the court had ordered, claiming that it had done so to "arouse public sentiments and sympathy".
The court added that changing the victim's name or redacting information would not ensure justice and that the media house’s continual to carry the article was akin to advocating that the publication could change the law. It ordered the media house to pay the amount within ten days and added that it could not be put up on a special pedestal when other media houses had agreed to pay the amount.
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