The Bangalore Union Government has established an expert committee to create a standard operational process for the spread of non-consciousness intimate images (NCII), after the directions from the Madras High Court in a case involving a female lawyer, after the directions, whose private images were leaked and repeatedly revived online.
Senior advocate Abudu Kumar Rajrathinum, who appeared for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), told the court that a committee made up of six central government experts and representatives, NCII, would come up with a framework to deal with all matters related to the material.
The government presented before a bench by Justice Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court, listening to the petition of the female advocate against her personal photos and continuous circulation of the video, which was recorded by her former partner without her consent and shared online. Despite several techdowns, images re -revealed, motivated Venkatesh to intervene and demand immediate systemic solutions.
The government informed the court that Matty had formed a committee with representatives of home ministries, women and child development, communication (department), and representatives of my layer. The joint secretary of Matty will be the head of the panel, including cyber law experts and nodal officers of the participating ministries, it has been said.
The committee will draft an SOP (standard operating process) that combines “legal and technical strategies immediately and effectively to deal with NCII content. It will also propose long -term solutions and prepares clear steps that the victims can take themselves when their personal content is leaked online.
The Center told the court that making government agencies sensitive on the issue would be another important part of the committee’s mandate. The High Court registered a submission and said that the committee should consider the current case as a “test case” to find a strong mechanism to block such material and find a strong mechanism to prevent it from revival.
Justice Venkatesh said, “It is like Ravana’s head. Every time you cut it, it moves back. Even when we block the video, it still appears. The real problem is,” Justice Venkatesh said, “Referring to the videos and photographs of the female lawyer, the government and the police officials repeatedly revived them despite blocking them.”
The court then suggested that Meety took the same steps to block more than 1,400 URLs, including international links, by spreading anti -India propaganda during “Operation Sindor”.
Justice Venkatesh said that the same intensity and technical equipment should be implemented if the “dignity of the citizen” is at stake.
The judge said, “The nation is nothing but a group of its citizens. If we can take fast action to protect the country’s image, we should do the same when a person’s fundamental right, the fundamental right, the right to dignity, is attacking,” the judge said.
The court stated that the NCII material remains a comprehensive and recurring issue, especially affecting women who face stigma, threats and long -lasting trauma. The judge said, “This is not just a woman’s fight. It reveals systemic intervals that harm thousands of women across the country.”
The petitioner’s counsel said that when Matty had blocked the first six URLs, the video was now revived in 13 new links.
Senior advocate Rajrathinum confirmed that URLs were inaccessible in Delhi and Mumbai but were still active in Tamil Nadu. He said that it was probably due to issues of coordination with local service providers and said that the authorities would fix it.
The court reiterated that the committee should take the current case as a blueprint and develop a method that works, so it can be repeated in future matters. Justice Venkatesh said, “This court will not allow it to form only another committee with a report that collects dust.”
During the previous month’s last month, the court directed to detect and remove all personal content of the petitioner within 48 hours. After finding out, the woman had filed a police complaint that her former-partner had secretly filmed her personal moments and shared the content online. Despite repeated Tekdown efforts, video continued to revive on pornographic websites, messaging apps and social media platforms.
