"I and my children are suffering as a result of porn addiction of my husband."
In what may be considered relevant timing, a woman has approached the Supreme Court of India filing a petition against her 55-year-old husband’s porn addiction at a time when the courts are exploring the menace of child pornography and methods of blocking such websites in the country.
The social worker from Mumbai has claimed that her matrimonial life has deteriorated as her husband has become addicted to online pornography. She has pleaded to the Court to take direct action and immediately ban such websites in India.
In her Petition, she stated that ‘My husband has of late become an addict of porn and spends a lot of his precious time watching pornography which is nowadays is easily accessible through the internet. As a result, my husband has fallen prey to this addiction of watching pornographic videos and pictures which have made my husband’s mind perverted and ruined my matrimonial life.’
The petitioner, a social worker, told the court that she was happily married for 30 years but the matrimonial problem started in 2015 when her husband got addicted to pornography websites despite being a father of two children.
“I and my children are suffering as a result of porn addiction of my husband. I am unfortunately a victim of a matrimonial dispute resulting out of porn addiction of my husband. I have also during my work as social worker come across people who have been adversely affected because of free and easy availability of porn contents all over the internet,” she said.
The woman highlighted that quick access to porn in India impacting lives in India:
“Easy access of violent and hardcore porn websites is causing immense damage to family values in India.”
“People of all ages are becoming perverted and morally bankrupt due to porn addiction. My husband is in his advancing years but still he has gone astray due to porn addiction, imagine what this addiction can do to the innocent minds of youth and children,” she added.
The Supreme Court has previously requested the blocking of all child pornography websites and told the government that the excuse of technical difficulty in banning such sites would not be accepted as a ground for non-compliance of its order.
The court expresses concern over numerous child pornography websites “which are being deliberately run with perversity to make money”. The government have been told now to liaise with computer experts in order to block and remove such sites.
“It is not permissible under Indian law and you have to block it,” the court has stated.
Therefore, now it will be seen if the court’s order will be followed and the damaging websites get banned in India.
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