Overview

• Delivering the keynote at the Supreme Court’s 10th Annual Stakeholders Consultation with UNICEF India on International Day of the Girl Child, the Chief Justice framed online harms as urgent risks to girls.
• He cited harassment, cyberbullying, digital stalking, misuse of personal data and deepfake imagery as threats that have grown in scale and sophistication.
• He urged pairing existing laws addressing online exploitation and trafficking with effective enforcement and ethical safeguards in digital systems.
• He called for sensitive training for police, educators, health professionals and local administrators to ensure empathetic, context-aware responses.
• He pressed for nationwide public awareness reaching rural communities, schools and local self-governments, highlighted intersectional vulnerabilities, and stressed that the judiciary upholds rights while the executive must implement them.