- Advocate Kamlesh Vaswani had filed a petition pointing out Pornographic websites are root cause of all crimes, particularly the crimes against women and children.
- Based on this, Union Government got a notice from SC, which wanted the former to ban Pornographic websites.
- Easy access of Pornographic material, in form of CDs / DVDs / downloadable is one of the main reason for rise in number of rapes according to the petition.
- The petitioner quoted that the accused at times confided in the police to have watched porn before committing the crime.
Exams Perspective:
- Crimes against Women
- Supreme Court