Supreme Court issues major ruling on children offences, says ‘Downloading, watching abuse child porn to be an offence under POCSO’
The significant judgement involved the bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala who set aside the Madras High Court order that had ruled that merely downloading and watching child pornography was not an offence under POCSO Act.
New Delhi: In a primary judgement, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark judgment on the stringent law to avoid child abuse, and announced that Downloading and staring at child pornography is an offence under the Protection of Formative years from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The varied judgement involved the bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala who set aside the Madras High Court order that had ruled that merely downloading and staring at child pornography turned into no longer an offence under POCSO Act.
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