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Supreme Court stays cases in High Courts concerning OTT platform regulation

BackgroundAdvocate Shashank Shekhar Jha, appearing for Justice for Rights Foundation, has filed a PIL for regulation of content in over-the-top (OTT) platforms by an autonomous body. Prayer of the petitioners1.…

Delhi High Court sought response from centre on the plea concerning new IT rules

In support of the application questioning the latest Information Technology (Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, the Delhi High Court has summoned a report from the…

17 major OTT players to adopt self regulatory Toolkit

Government is very soon expected to come out with regulation for OTT p latforms, the internet and mobile association of India for 17 platforms which includes Netflix,Disney+hotstar and Amazon prime…

SC issues notice to the makers of and Amazon Prime Video for maligning Uttar Pradesh town’s image

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday issued notice on a plea by Suresh Kumar Singh challenging the bad-life and obscene portrayal of Mirzapur District in the famous web-series *Mirzapur*…

Tandav web series controversy,FIR has been filled against director, Amazon India head of content

FIR has been filled against the makers of web series TANDAV and on head of original content for allegedly depicting Hindu gods that are hurting religious sentiments of people. The…

Letter written to cabinet minister to take action against Tandav

BJP MP Manoj Kotak has written to the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, demanding immediate action against Saif Ali Khan's web series Tandav. MP kotak said that the…

Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL and issues notice to regulate content on online streaming platforms

The plea, filed by Advocates Shashank Shekhar Jha and Apurv Arhatia, seeks for directions for the "establishment of a proper board/institution/association for regulating OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon…