New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- A New York judge has cleared the release of grand jury materials from the criminals proceedings of Ghislaine Maxwell case, under the new Epstein Files transparency act, signed into a law by President Donald Trump.

US District Judge Paul Engelmayer had earlier denied the release of the transcripts and evidence in the Ghislaine Maxwell case. Under the Epstein transparency law, the judge signed the release of the material.

The 63-year-old Maxwell was convicted of participating in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of women and girls and is serving a 20 year sentence in a Texas prison. The US Supreme Court rejected her bid to overturn the conviction in October.

The latest request to release the grand jury materials foll...