“There are instances where institutions like Parliament and Supreme Court are defamed with derogatory comments. Why should it not be explored how to stop circulation of such comments?”CJI SA Bobde
After asking this question, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Tuesday, 11 February, asked a wide-ranging group of stakeholders, including the central government, social media platforms, as well as NGOs and activists, to think of solutions to stop the spread of ‘derogatory comments’ online against institutions like the Supreme Court and Parliament, according to The Times of India.
The judges made this suggestion in a case that originated with a letter by NGO ‘Prajwala’ back in 2015, which had drawn the court’s attention to the availability of child pornography and videos of sexual assault and rape on the internet and social media.