Get portal for filing child sex abuse complaints: SC to Centre

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre to build a portal for filing cases related to child sex abuse, child pornography and rape videos before January 10, 2018.

During the hearing, the Centre informed the Court that standard operating procedures are being prepared for use of the portal.

The bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice U U Lalit said, “The matter has been pending for quite some time and we find from the affidavit filed by the CBI on October 08, 2015, that steps are being taken to enable complaints being filed through a portal. It is high time that the Union of India gets the portal ready and available to the public at large.”

During a previous hearing, the court had ordered the government to file a status report.

In the concluding judgment, the bench remarked, “Unfortunately, on going through the status report, it is found to be more in the nature of comments rather than a status report. We expect the Union of India to file a proper detailed status report rather than comments on the orders passed by this court.”