AMN /
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all forms in the country. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh said child pornography cannot be justified in the name of freedom of speech and expression.
The apex court asked the Centre to seek advice from experts and suggestions from the National Commission for Women (NCW) on banning of websites dealing with adult and child pornography.
Arguing about government’s action on the issue, additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told the Court that agencies like Interpol and the CBI are taking necessary steps to block sites which specifically deal in child pornography.
She cleared the centre’s stand, which it has submitted in the Court earlier also, that it is possible to ban child pornography but it is difficult to ban pornographic websites as they are not under any country’s jurisdiction.
After this reiteration, the Court also said, the centre will have to draw a line what can be viewed in public and what can be viewed in private saying that the court is not concerned what the group of people are doing in a room. The court said obscenity has been prohibited under law and government has to take steps to develop a mechanism in this regard.