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NEUTRAL CITATION NO. 2023/DHC/001676
between acceptable standards of decency and vulgar language, in
order to prevent any legal transgressions.
48.
In the present case, TVF Media Labs Pvt. Ltd is involved in
creation of episodes of the web series ‘College Romance’. The said
series is streamed on various platforms such as SonyLiv, YouTube,
including TVF Play (an OTT Platform) which is owned by petitioner
no. 1 in CRL. M.C. 2214/2020. It is, therefore, clear that ‘online
content curator’ and intermediaries are also in clear violation of the
above-mentioned guidelines as neither there was any classification
nor any warning regarding the profanity of language or excessive use
of expletives. The web series was available to every age group.
Therefore, this web series also stood covered under violation of the
Rules of 2021.
49.
It is, therefore, clear that the intermediary i.e. petitioner no. 1
in CRL. M.C. 2214/2020 is in clear violation of these guidelines as
neither there was any classification nor any warning regarding the
profanity of language, excessive use of expletives as it was free for
all channel.
50.
A perusal of the above guidelines will also show that if the
content of the present web series is examined in the light of
contemporary moral and civil standards of the country, this Court
reaches conclusion that the majority of people of this country do not
use such language and are offended and disgusted with excessiveness
of profanity, vulgarity and obscenity of the language used which is
being served to everyone who cares to watch content on YouTube or
other platforms without any certification and hindrances.
CRL.M.C. 2214/2020 & connected matters
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