India, Nov. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking regulation of online content, noting that a similar move to ban social media platforms in neighbouring Nepal had sparked massive youth protests and resulted in the government's collapse.

"You know there was an attempt to ban social media in Nepal and you saw what was the consequence," a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai said, as the court was examining a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one BL Jain seeking ban on pornographic content online.

The bench, also comprising justice K Vinod Chandran, felt that the issue squarely falls within the domain of policy-making and the Parliament and government is open to consider these...