JUDGMENT :

M. G. SEWLIKAR, J. :—

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith.

2. By consent, heard both the sides for final disposal at admission stage.

3. This Public Interest Litigation is filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the Print and Electronic Media that the name or identity of the rape victim should not be disclosed.

4. Facts leading to this Public Interest Litigation are that the petitioner is the real mother of the victim. First Information Report No. I-336/2010 was registered with Tofkhana Police Station, District Ahmednagar, under Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code and after arrest of the accused, Section 376 was added. It is however, alleged that despite having made the provisions under Section 228-A of the Indian Penal Code and despite having the directions been issued by the Honourable Supreme Court in the case of Nipun Saxena and another vs. Union of India and others reported in (2019) 2 SCC 703, the Print and Electronic Media are publishing the details of the crime in such a manner that the identity of the victim is invariably disclosed. The petitioner has alleged that in this case also the local newspapers of Ahmednagar district i.e. Daily Sarvamat dated