New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted further time to the Centre to come out with a suitable mechanism to block child pornography websites to put to an end to the menace.
During the last hearing on February 26, the court had voiced its concern over the spread of child pornography like a cancer in the society and observed that it cannot be allowed in the guise of free speech and liberty.
A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh in its order had said “Children cannot be made prey to this kind of painful situation and a nation cannot afford to carry on any experiment with its children in the name of liberty or for that matter freedom of speech.
You have to be more scientific. If it is not permissible by the government of India, it is the bligation of the government to ban it. Mechanism has to be developed. You have experts. There are ways and means. How it can be done you have to see. The right to free speech, thought and expression is not “absolute” and does not extend to viewing or compelling to watch porn in a public place.”
