<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city police to respond to TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra's plea seeking quashing of an FIR against her over a "derogatory" social media remark on NCW chief Rekha Sharma.</p>.<p>Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued a notice to the Delhi Police on the petition and asked it to file a status report within four weeks.</p>.<p>The high court listed the matter for arguments on the legality and validity of the FIR, as challenged in the petition, on November 6.</p>.<p>The police registered an FIR against Moitra this month Under Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) that deals with a word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.</p>.<p>This was the first FIR registered under the BNS by the Delhi Police's Special Cell since it came into force on July 1.</p>.Mahua Moitra accuses BJP's Shantanu Thakur of issuing passes to smuggle beef, minister denies.<p>The Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader had commented on a video posted on X that showed National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma arriving at the site of a stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras on July 4.</p>.<p>Moitra later deleted the post, which referred to a man holding an umbrella and walking behind Sharma.</p>.<p>Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Moitra, submitted that they were not provided with a copy of FIR despite asking.</p>.<p>The counsel for the police then handed over the FIR copy to the petitioner's counsel in the court.</p>.<p>The FIR stated that the NCW took suo motu cognisance of Moitra's alleged "derogatory remarks" and the FIR was lodged based on a complaint by the NCW.</p>.<p>The FIR stated, "The crude remarks made by Moitra are extremely outrageous and a sheer violation of a woman's right to live with dignity."</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the city police to respond to TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra's plea seeking quashing of an FIR against her over a "derogatory" social media remark on NCW chief Rekha Sharma.</p>.<p>Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued a notice to the Delhi Police on the petition and asked it to file a status report within four weeks.</p>.<p>The high court listed the matter for arguments on the legality and validity of the FIR, as challenged in the petition, on November 6.</p>.<p>The police registered an FIR against Moitra this month Under Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) that deals with a word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.</p>.<p>This was the first FIR registered under the BNS by the Delhi Police's Special Cell since it came into force on July 1.</p>.Mahua Moitra accuses BJP's Shantanu Thakur of issuing passes to smuggle beef, minister denies.<p>The Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader had commented on a video posted on X that showed National Commission for Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma arriving at the site of a stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras on July 4.</p>.<p>Moitra later deleted the post, which referred to a man holding an umbrella and walking behind Sharma.</p>.<p>Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Moitra, submitted that they were not provided with a copy of FIR despite asking.</p>.<p>The counsel for the police then handed over the FIR copy to the petitioner's counsel in the court.</p>.<p>The FIR stated that the NCW took suo motu cognisance of Moitra's alleged "derogatory remarks" and the FIR was lodged based on a complaint by the NCW.</p>.<p>The FIR stated, "The crude remarks made by Moitra are extremely outrageous and a sheer violation of a woman's right to live with dignity."</p>