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The Supreme Court on Monday red-flagged a Madras High Court decision to not consider the downloading of child pornography as a crime.

Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea challenging a Madras HC ruling that downloading & watching child pornography is not an offence

The Supreme Court will scrutinise a Madras High Court ruling deeming watching child pornography as non-offensive. The controversial judgment, criticized as "atrocious," sparked national debate. The apex court's intervention follows pleas from child welfare organizations. The High Court's emphasis on education over punishment in dealing with pornography consumption among minors has stirred discussions on legal interpretations and societal responses.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea challenging the Madras High Court order which had held that downloading and possessing child pornography does not amount to any offence.A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, sought the ...

The present-day children are grappling with the serious issue of watching porn and instead of punishing them, the society must be 'mature enough' to educate them, the bench had also said