The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has blocked 3,522 websites carrying child pornographic content last month and asked the CBSE to consider installation of jammers in schools to block access to such sites.
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PTI rNEW DELHIr rThe government told a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra that installation of jammers in school buses was “not possible” and they were coming out with steps to deal with the menace of child pornography in its entirety. r“We are coming out with steps which will deal with the situation in its entirety,” Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told the bench that also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and M M Shantanagoudar. r“Jammers in school buses are not possible. Security issue cannot be overriden” raised by the petitioners, Anand said, adding the “government has asked the CBSE to consider whether jammers can be installed in schools to curb access to such websites.” The government said that in June, 3,522 websites hosting child pornographic contents have been blocked. rAnand told SC that the government would file a status report on the steps taken by it to stop child pornography.
the goan I networkrPANAJIrThe Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) on Friday issued notice to the Panaji Women’s Police Station directing it to file a reply by July 18 to the petition filed by Suchitra Shirodkar, the mother of BJP vice president Anil Hoble’s daughter-in-law. The petition seeks a court-monitored investigation into the dowry harassment case registered against Hoble, his wife Sandhya and son Milind. rThe petitioner has submitted that the Investigating…