NEW DELHI: Internet search engines - Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing - were ordered by the Supreme Court on Thursday to appoint internal expert body to remove advertisements linked to sex-determination tests barred by law.
"You can't violate the laws of the country. You must become responsive to Indian law," the top court told the three companies on a public interest petition that had drawn the court's attention to the declining sex ratio.
It blamed search engines for not doing enough to stop advertisements or leading net surfers to online material propagating sex determination.
The search engines - who told court they respect Indian laws and don't violate them - had opposed the order on setting up internal expert committees to track violations, saying it would create a huge problem for them.
India's child sex ratio - the number of girls for 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age group - dropped from 964 in 1971 to a low of 918 in 2011.
The problem is worse in urban areas, numbers show. In 2011, the national capital, Delhi, had one of the lowest child sex ratios of any state, with only 871 girls born for every 1,000 boys.
"You can't violate the laws of the country. You must become responsive to Indian law," the top court told the three companies on a public interest petition that had drawn the court's attention to the declining sex ratio.
It blamed search engines for not doing enough to stop advertisements or leading net surfers to online material propagating sex determination.
The search engines - who told court they respect Indian laws and don't violate them - had opposed the order on setting up internal expert committees to track violations, saying it would create a huge problem for them.
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India's child sex ratio - the number of girls for 1,000 boys in the 0-6 age group - dropped from 964 in 1971 to a low of 918 in 2011.
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The problem is worse in urban areas, numbers show. In 2011, the national capital, Delhi, had one of the lowest child sex ratios of any state, with only 871 girls born for every 1,000 boys.
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