India, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday called a national action plan to curb minors watching online pornographic videos an issue of "paramount public importance" while allowing a petition seeking this direction to be considered as a representation to the Union government.

The court said that the issue requires urgent consideration as minors are increasingly indulging in sexual crimes due to easy access to obscene videos and material on the Internet. "The issue raised is of paramount public importance. However, the subject issue is not a question of law to be determined by courts. It needs a policy primarily on the use of technological advancement," said a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and ...