#MeToo: SC declines urgent hearing of PIL asking for FIRs based on allegations
PTI | Updated: Oct 22, 2018, 12:08 ISTHighlights
- The SC declined urgent hearing on a PIL seeking the registration of FIRs based on allegations of sexual assault levelled by women across various sectors
- The SC that it will come up for hearing in the regular course.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday declined urgent hearing on a PIL seeking the registration of FIRs based on allegations of sexual misconduct and assault levelled by women across various sectors, part of what is being referred to as India's #MeToo movement.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul told lawyer M L Sharma, who had filed the petition, that it will come up for hearing in the regular course.
Besides FIRs, the petition also seeks a direction to the National Commission for Women (NCW) to give security and assistance to women who have come out in the open with their allegations.
TOI's policy on covering #MeToo
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul told lawyer M L Sharma, who had filed the petition, that it will come up for hearing in the regular course.
Besides FIRs, the petition also seeks a direction to the National Commission for Women (NCW) to give security and assistance to women who have come out in the open with their allegations.
TOI's policy on covering #MeToo
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