

NEW DELHI: Gender rights activists and legal experts have taken umbrage to the fact that Mukesh Singh's interview has compromised the Nirbhaya case, which is still awaiting a final verdict.

Activist and founder of All India Progressive Women's Association Kavita Krishnan said, "Violation of the judicial process doesn't help the rape victim's case. I also find the ethics of launching a campaign on gender violence in India

without holding a conversation with those involved in the Indian women's movement problematic."

Activist lawyer Indira Jaising has sent a letter to NDTV (which is broadcasting the film on March 8) highlighting how airing this film would amount to violation of Article 19 (2) of the Constitution, Section 153A of IPC and Section 2(c) of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. "At present, the defendant's appeal against conviction and death sentence is pending before the Supreme Court, therefore, airing the documentary would amount to gross contempt of Court," reads the letter.

The letter is also signed by other feminists like Devaki Jain, Kavita Srivastava and Kavita Krishnan. It states that the film "also reveals how foreign journalists and filmmakers are given permission to interrogate criminals in jails, which is illegal and encourages foreigners apart from Indians to voyeurism of this kind."

