The Supreme Court Women's Lawyers Association has filed for an intervention in the Kamlesh Vaswani vs Union of India case which seeks to impose a ban on all pornographic sites in India, reports LiveLaw. The association's application also seeks to implement laws which will prohibit the distribution of porn and blocking of all porn sites. The application also seeks authorities to take strict measures on distibution which includes file sharing software. The petition filed by the association's secretary Prerna Kumari and settled by senior lawyer Mahalakshmi Pavani says that the “root cause” of most offences against women is the easy availability of porn. It's interesting to note that the association's research material on the legality of pornography comes "from reliable internet source that is from Wikipedia” and a TOI report. “The issue of pornography and the pornographic content has serious implications on human mind and behavior. Studies have shown that pornography leads to sexual crimes, violent sexual behavior, aggression, frustration and depravity of mind," the petition read. It has hence demanded that a National Policy on Pornography and guidelines be formulated in order to curb the issue of child pornography. Last month, the government of India withdrew its ban on 857 pornographic websites (some in the list were not porn sites) and said that it did not want to impose moral policing. Mukul Rohatgi, the Attorney General, said in court that a “long list” given by the petitioner, Kamlesh Vasvani, had been given, and “the department went and blocked without verifying.” The court…
