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Supreme Court<\/strong>: The Bench of Dipak Misra and R. Banumathi, JJ directed Google India, Yahoo! India and Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt. to constitute an \u201cIn-House Expert Body\u201d which shall take steps to see that if any words or any key words that can be shown in the internet which has the potentiality to go counter to Section 22 of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, should be deleted forthwith.<\/p>\n

The Court further said that the Expert Body shall on its own understanding delete anything that violates the letter and spirit of language of Section 22 of the 1994 Act and, in case there is any doubt, they can seek suggestions from the Nodal Agency appointed by the Union of India.\u00a0On 19.09.2016<\/a>, the Court had directed Google India, Yahoo! India and Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt. Ltd. to develop a technique so that, the moment any advertisement or search is introduced into the system, that will not be projected or seen by adopting the method of \u201cauto block\u201d. Shri Ranjit Singh, Solicitor General had produced a \u201cproposed list of words\u201d like \u2018gender selection\u2019, \u2018prenatal sex selection\u2019, \u2018baby gender selection\u2019, etc., in respect of which when commands are given, there will be \u201cauto block\u201d with a warning and nothing would be reflected in the internet, as it is prohibited in India. [Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India, 2017 SCC OnLine SC 136<\/a>, order dated 16.02.2017]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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