New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to immediately entertain a plea seeking a nationwide ban on pornography, cautioning against extreme measures and pointing to recent unrest in Nepal following a similar prohibition. “Look what happened in Nepal over a ban,” the bench remarked. This was in reference to the protests that erupted in Nepal earlier this year after restrictions and bans on social media were imposed.

A bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai , said it would hear the matter after four weeks. The petition also asked the Centre to frame a national policy to curb access to pornographic content, particularly among minors, and to prevent viewing such material in public spaces.

‘No mechanism to prevent minors from accessing explicit content’

The petitioner argued that

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