New Delhi: During the hearing of a petition filed with the Supreme Court, which sought direction to the Centre for taking appropriate steps to curb the menace of child pornography, the Government said in its status report that 3500 such websites were shut last month. 

The government told a three-judge bench headed by Justice DipakMisra that it has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider installation of jammers in schools to block access to child pornographic content.Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and M MShantanagoudar that it is not possible to install jammers in school buses.

“We are coming out with steps which will deal with the situation in its entirety,” she told the bench. During a hearing in February 2016, the Supreme Court said a clear distinction had to be made between art and obscenity. 

“There are those who feel that even Mona Lisa [painting] is pornography. A distinction has to be drawn between art and obscenity. You have a tough job to do,” the court told the Centre.