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2018 Supreme(SC) 1357

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

Advocates Appeared:
Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Joshita Pai and Ms. Raj Kumari Banju, Advocates., for the Appellant(s); Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG, Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Ms. Gunwant Dara, Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Mr. P.K. Dey, Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR(NP) and Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR(NP), Advocates, for the Respondent(s) For CBI/MHA; Mr. Samir Ali Khan, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate Mr. Soham Kumar, Mr. Kushank Sindhu, Advocates, for the Yahoo; Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate. Mr. Manu Krishnan, Ms. Richa Srivastava, Mr. Tejas Chhabra, Mr. Nitin Saluja, Mr. Kumar Vaibhav and Mr. S.S. Shroff, AOR(NP), Advocates, for the Facebook Ireland; Ms. Richa Srivastava, Advocate. Mr. S.S. Shroff, AOR (NP), for the Facebook India; Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Senior Advocate. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja, Mr. Vishal Gehrana, Ms. Tahira Karanjawala, Mr. Arvind Chari, Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Mr. Saransh Kumar, Mr. S. Pratibhanu Singh Kharela, Mr. Sharvan Sahny, Mr. Anupam Prakash, Mrs. Manik Karanjawala, and Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Advocates. for M/s. Karanjawala & Co, for the Google; Mr. V. Giri, Senior Advocate. Mr. Amar Gupta and Mr. Akhil Bhardwaj, Advocates. Mr. Divyam Agarwal, AOR, for the Microsoft; Mr. Kapil Sibal, Senior Advocate. Mr. Tejas Karia, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Mr. Koshy John, Mr. Vivek Reddy, Mr. Raghav Tankha, Mr. Ashwin Reddy, Mr. Pranav Awasthi Advocates and Mr. S.S. Shroff, (NP), for the WhatsApp

ORDER

1. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and learned amicus curiae.

2. Learned Additional Solicitor General has placed on record a status report in the matter of Videos of sexual violence and recommendations.

3. It is stated in the status report, inter alia, that the Ministry of Home Affairs has identified the keywords for child pornography/rape and gang rape content search and a list of keywords in English language has been compiled and circulated to content providers for further action. Efforts are being made to update the list on regular basis.

4. It is orally submitted before us that the keywords in other languages will also be taken up for consideration in due course of time.

5. It is further stated that online cyber crime reporting portal has been developed with access name as www.cyberpolice.gov.in and that this portal is undergoing security audit and has been deployed in staging environment for testing and trial. It is expected that it will be operational very soon.

6. It is further stated that certain features will be made operational by 10th January, 2018 and offered to public such as anonymous reporting of child pornography/rape/gang rape content and online

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2018 Supreme(SC) 1357

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

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