VERDICTUM.IN NEUTRAL CITATION NO. 2023/DHC/001676 and a sense of reverence to one’s mother tongue and language, which-so-ever language it may be is close to the heart of the citizen concerned. To use such language as discussed above in the web series and argue that this is accepted by the masses as the spoken language, since it has undergone changes and has now emerged in the form presented in the web series, will be travesty of justice to the people of this country who love the languages they speak. Rather, terming this language as spoken language of this country will be permitting people to disrespect the language. 57. In case, the web series using such obscene and abusive words and foul language is allowed to be aired/transmitted without setting any boundaries, it will fail to send message that a certain standard of decency and civility is expected from electronic media. As this Court has observed, the impressionable minds consume what they have been served and they will serve the same on the streets, in schools, in their houses and all other places resulting in absence of civilized society. Societal standards fall if no effort is made to ensure that they are upheld. The petty incivilities will certainly lead to declining standard of civility and the fallen language standards will lead to moral depravity. The loss of civility and use of profanity and obscenities cannot be allowed to go to the extent of causing loss of civility at the national level as this web series is available in other languages too including Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malyalam, etc. This Court is of the firm view that profanity in language is not the popular culture of this country and public and citizens at large perceive the words spoken in the web series as taboo CRL.M.C. 2214/2020 & connected matters Page 29 of 41