(Madan B. Lokur and Uday Umesh Lalit, JJ.)
In Re: Prajwala L-Etter Dated 18.2.2015 Videos of Sexual Violence and Recommendations
SMW (Crl.) No(s). 3/2015, decided on December 6, 2018
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and learned amicus curiae for a short while today.
2. Insofar as the suggestions given by the Union of India as mentioned in the order dated 28-11-20181 are concerned, it appears that each of the different entities have a different reaction to them. Google and Youtube have one reaction. Facebook, Microsoft and Whatsapp each have different reactions.
3. Each of these entities will give a proposed/draft SOP for the purpose of implementation of the suggestions given in the order dated 28-11-20181.
4. Everybody is agreed that the child pornography, rape and gang rape videos and objectionable material need to be stamped out.
5. The proposed/draft SOP will be drafted on this premise.
6. The proposed/draft SOP will be filed in the Registry of this Court or given to the Court Master on Monday, 10th December, 2018 with an advance copy to learned amicus curiae, learned counsel for the petitioner and the Union of India.
7. It is submitted by Mr. Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel appearing for Whatsapp that they have an end-toend encryption technology due to which it will not be possible to remove the contents.
8. The amount deposited in the Registry of this Court with accrued interest be disbursed for victims of Gaja cyclone to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, Tamil Nadu.
9. List the matter on 11th December, 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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1 Videos of Sexual Violence and Recommemdations, In re, SMW (Cri) No. 3 of 2015, order dated 28-11-2018 (SC)
