porn movie in india is legal?

In Indian Law, three acts mainly cover the subject of pornography.

1.   Information Technology(IT) Act, 2000

2.   India Penal Code(IPC),

3.   Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

Watching porn privately is not ILLEGAL:

In India, it is not illegal to watch pornographic content in your private rooms or space.

Article 21 of the Indian Constitution gives the right to life and personal liberty to Indian Citizens. The Supreme Court of India in the year 2015 orally remarked in a case watching porn in a private room may fall under the right to personal liberty given under the Constitution. Therefore it cannot be taken away by any authority, except by procedure established by Law.

So as long as you are watching porn films in your private spaces it is completely legal. However, watching or storing pornographic content which depicts child pornography or rape or violence against women is an offence even if it is being watched in a private space.

Porn Ban in India:

None of the Fundamental Rights in India is absolute in nature. Every right comes with reasonable restrictions. ‘Morality and decency’ is a ground under which the exercise of the fundamental right of a person can be restricted. On the same ground, the government banned pornographic content in India in 2015 which was unsuccessful, and again in the year 2018.

So the question again arose that if porn is banned in India then how watching it privately is legal?

The answer to the above is in two folds. Firstly the onus of implementing the porn ban is on the Internet Service providers. So if an adult citizen finds a way to access porn websites by using tools like VPS then it is the service provider who is at fault and not the adult citizen.

Secondly, the main reason as specified by the government behind banning porn in India was to put an end to child pornography and pornography which depicted violence against women.

So if you are not watching child pornography or porn which shows violence against women then you are in a safe spot.