An Indian Court Finds Vasant Vihar Not Guilty In Pornography Case

In the mid-1990s, a pornography case from Rajasthan, India set the legal precedent for other Indian states. The crime in question was selling sex from a public place called a “smoker’s paradise”. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the punishment for this crime was death by hanging. This meant that even a person participating in porn films could spend the rest of their lives in prison. This was the first time that this form of pornography had been charged under the controversial “degrading media material” law. Although India has not yet implemented this law to the same extent as the US or UK, it has become an increasingly potent symbol of the fight against pornography in India and around the world. Continue reading “An Indian Court Finds Vasant Vihar Not Guilty In Pornography Case”