The Bombay High Court has issued notice to Information & Broadcasting Ministry over a plea seeking regulation of the content of ‘web series’ or other programmes which are streamed on the internet directly.
A division bench of Justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and M G Biradkar issued notices to the I&B Ministry, Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of Home Affairs and also the Nagpur police commissioner, seeking replies by October 31, says a PTI report.
Advocate Shyam Dewani, the petitioner’s lawyer, told PTI, “We cited before the court various examples of uncontrolled vulgarity, obscenity in such shows and sought a direction to concerned authorities to take appropriate action against all such web service providers.” Broadcasting nudity or vulgar scenes is a cognisable offence under IPC, Cinematograph Act, Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 and the Information Technology Act, 2000, he said.Click Here: pandora Bracelets