On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay < sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <che...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will > love > > it because it's a meaningless but decisive move; with no political > downside > > to it because of the taboo. > > It would take a remarkable politician to bet him/herself against the > "(s)he opposed the anti-porn bill and betrayed our women" tirade. Our > current crop of elected representatives are not made of that stuff. > > This is in the form of a petition before the Supreme Court right now. Since issues before the SC aren't necessarily brought into the media with the same intensity and detail that day-to-day politics receives, I don't think the gumption or calibre of our politicians will necessarily be tested. The principal ground of the petition is that pornography is directly linked to the rise in heinous sexual offences against women. While it is much harder for a politician to raise a general defense of pornography, it is much easier to oppose the proposition stated by the petition. And in doing so, they wouldn't even be doing anything new. The viewing of pornography has always been legal in India. Theres a judgment of the Bombay High Court to that effect. So I think that the stance of politicians on this issue isn't necessarily fait accompli. Regards, Nikhil Mehra Advocate, Supreme Court of India Tel: (+91) 9810776904 Res: C-I/10, AIIMS Campus, Ansari Nagar (East) New Delhi - 110029.
