Mumbai: The Supreme Court has said there should be some kind of screening of video content on OTT (Over The Top) platforms, stating, “A balance has to be struck as some OTT platforms are also showing pornographic materials on their platforms,” the bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan said.
Purohit has challenged the Allahabad High Court order granting bail before arrest in criminal cases filed in connection with the web series ‘Tandava’.
The Supreme Court on Friday posted the case for hearing, asking the Center to submit rules on OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Justice R. s. Reddy said that a balance is being made as some OTT platforms are showing pornographic content on their platforms.
Challenging the High Court order, Purohit’s lawyer Mukul Rohatgi said that he is neither a producer nor an actor, but still, she has been made accused in the cases against ‘Tandav’. Rohatgi called this “shocking”.
‘Tandav’ which premiered on Amazon Prime in January this year, and since then, has been mired in many controversies. A petition was filed against the makers and actors for hurting the religious sentiments by mocking Hindu gods in some scenes.
The nine-episode web series stars Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Tigmanshu Dhulia and others.
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