“Our children are at stake,” the Solicitor General told the Supreme Court after it urged the Centre to take the child sexual abuse material issue very seriously at the hearing fixed after it had granted the Union one last opportunity to report. New Delhi: The Union Government must take the problem of child sexual abuse […]
The Supreme Court has given the Union Government a last opportunity to file a report on the steps it has taken to give effect to the Court’s 2024 directions to curb child sexual abuse material online, after the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Law Ministry failed to file their compliance reports. Terming the matter ‘extremely serious’, the Court directed the Ministries to explain what precautions they would take to prevent lapses by social media intermediaries.
The Delhi High Court criticized a lower court’s decision to discharge two individuals accused of child pornography involvement, citing procedural errors. A public interest litigation challenged the decision, leading the high court to convert it into a suo motu revision petition. The court ordered a reassessment of the evidence and appointed an advocate to assist. A notice was issued to the accused for explanation. The CBI decided not to appeal the lower court’s ruling. The High Court clarified that PIL is generally not entertained in criminal matters.
