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2023 Supreme(Del) 651

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
X – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocate Appeared:
Mr. Sanjeev Mahajan, Mr. Sachin Tandan, Advocates
For the Respondent:Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Gursihar Preet Singh, Mr. Danish Faraz Khan, Advocate, Ms. Nandita Rao, ASC for the State with Mr. Amit Peshwani, Ms. Aaliya Waziri, Advocates and Inspector Kusum Dangi, IFSO Cyber Cell, Dwarka., Mr. Arvind Nigam, Sr. Advocate along with Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa, Mr. Rohan Ahuja, Mr. Vatsalya Vishal & Ms. Riya Gupta, Advocates, Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Advocate with Ms. Anushka Sharda, Mr. Madhav Khosla, Ms. Moha Paranjpe, Advocates, Mr. Debopriyo Moulik and Ms. Shweta Chabbra, Advocates, Mr. Saurabh Kripal, Sr. Advocate (Amicus Curiae) with Ms. Tanima Gaur, Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Ms. Manyaa Chandok, Ms. Vidhi Udayshankar, Advocates

JUDGMENT :

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J.

The instant writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C.”) seeking, in a nutshell, the blocking of certain sites exhibiting intimate images of the Petitioner herein, and for registration of a First Information Report (FIR) arising out of the complaint dated 03.08.2021 made by the Petitioner to Lajpat Nagar Police Station, New Delhi.

GENESIS OF THE MATTER

2. At the outset, this Court deems it appropriate to refer to the Petitioner as “Mrs. X” in consonance with the directions rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Nipun Saxena v. Union of India , (2019) 2 SCC 703 , whereby it was observed that in a patriarchal society like India, survivors/victims of sexual violence of any nature are forced to undergo ostracization for no fault of their own. Therefore, to prevent hostile discrimination or harassment of the survivor/victim in the future, this Court believes it to be prudent to refer to the Petitioner herein as “Mrs. X”.

3. Having stated the above, the facts, in brief, leading to the instant petition are stated as under:

    a) It is

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