The court coined a new term – CSAEM that stands for child sexually abusive and exploitative material, which more accurately reflects the reality that these images and videos are not merely pornographic but are records of incidents, where a child has either been sexually exploited and abused
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud set aside the Madras high court ruling that had said mere downloading and watching child pornography was not an offence under POCSO and IT Act. The bench also said ‘child pornography’ should be referred to as ‘child sexually abusive and exploitative material’ (CSAEM).