Prurient - Indian Laws - General

Term Prurient Concise Oxford Dictionary (Tenth Edition, revised) defines the term prurient as under: Prurient adj. Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters. - Derivatives prurience n. pruriency n. pruriently adv. - origin C16 (in the sense having a craving ): from L. prurient-, prurire itch, long, be wanton . Other dictionary meanings given to this expression are: (i) Characterised by an inordinate interest in sex; prurient thoughts. When arousing or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex; prurient literature. (ii) Inordinately interested in matters of sex, lascivious. In Psychology, a person who is unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices is known as prurient. Likewise, anything which excites or encourages lustfullness and/or eroticism is termed as prurient. As per English language, therefore, such literature or other acts which are marked or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest or are of laturus, salacious, lascivious, voyeuristic would be treated as prurient and be categorised as obscene. NDIAN HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION (AHAR) ANR. VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS. - 2019 (1) TMI 1783 - SUPREME COURT