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2018 Supreme(SC) 576

MADAN B.LOKUR, UDAY UMESH LALIT
In Re: Prajwala Letter Dated 18. 2. 2015 Videos of Sexual Violence & Recommendations – Appellant
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. – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
Ms. N.S. Nappinai
For the Petitioner: Ms. Aparna Bhat, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Mr. Mayank Sapra, Ms. Joshita Pai
For the Respondent: Mr. Maninder Singh
For the CBI/MHA Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Mr. P.K. Dey, Mr. Aman Singh, Mr. T.A. Khan, Ms. Aarti Sharma, Ms. Gunwant Dara, Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Mr. M.K. Maroria
For the Yahoo : Mr. Samir Ali Khan, Mr. Soham Kumar, Mr. Kushank Sindhu
Facebook Ireland : Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Ms. Richa Srivastava, Mr. Tejas Chhabra, Mr. Shijo George, Ms. Ishani Banerjee, Mr. Nitin Saluja, Mr. Kumar Vaibhav, Mr. Mrinal Srivastava, Mr. S.S. Shroff
Facebook India : Ms. Richa Srivastava, Mr. S. S. Shroff
For the Google : Mr. R.N. Karanjawala, Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Mr. Vishal Gehrana, Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Mr. Arvind Chari, Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Mr. Sharvan Sahny, Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, Mr. S. Pratibhanu Singh Kharola, Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, for M/s. Karanjawala & Co.
For the Microsoft : Mr. V. Giri, Mr. Akhil Bhardwaj, Mr. Divyam Agarwal
For the WhatsApp : Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. Kuber Dewan, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Mr. Koshy John, Mr. Vivek Reddy, Mr. Raghav Tankha, Mr. Ashwin Reddy, Mr. S.S. Shroff

ORDER :

We have heard the learned Amicus, the learned ASG and learned counsel for the parties.

2. A very brief status report has been presented in the Court today. On going through the brief status report, we find that the Ministry of Home Affairs has committed itself to open the Beta version of the portal for online cyber crime reporting. The public launch of the Beta version is expected in the last week of April, 2018.

3. It is also stated that connectivity of the portal has been tested with Maharashtra, Kerala, UP and Chandigarh. The process is underway to establish connectivity with all other States/UTs and efforts have been made to integrate as many States as possible before the launch date.

4. Our attention has also been drawn to the recommendation made by the Committee against Proposal 2 which is to the effect that there is a need for a Central Reporting Mechanism as has been done in other countries particularly in the United States.

5. Orally, we have been told that some progress has been made in this regard but this is a very scattered sort of submission made before us.

6. We have also been informed by learned counsel for the parties that there are several other Ministries that

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2018 Supreme(SC) 576

MADAN B.LOKUR, UDAY UMESH LALITIn Re: Prajwala Letter Dated 18. 2. 2015 Videos of Sexual Violence & Recommendations – AppellantVersus. – Respondent

MADAN B.LOKUR, UDAY UMESH LALIT
In Re: Prajwala Letter Dated 18. 2. 2015 Videos of Sexual Violence & Recommendations – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent