How can there be pre-screening committee for net sequence, asks Supreme courtroom

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Observing it all the time felt pre-censorship is impermissible, the Supreme Court Thursday puzzled how can there be a pre-screening committee for net sequence, movies or different programmes that are instantly launched on on-line platforms.

An apex courtroom bench of Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi was listening to a plea filed by Mirzapur-resident Sujeet Kumar Singh for organising a pre-screening committee for net sequence, movies or different programmes that are instantly launched on on-line platforms.

“How can there be a pre screening committee for web series? There is a particular legislation. Unless you say OTT (over-the- top) is also a part of it. you must say that existing legislation must apply to OTT. Various questions will arise because transmission occurs from other countries.”

“For OTT satellite transmission is from other countries and not this one even though viewers may be here. Post exhibition redressal mechanism is different. our petition has to be more detailed. File a better one,” the bench stated whereas directing the petitioner to withdraw the plea.

An over-the-top (OTT) platform is a service that allows supply of video and stay stream feeds to any internet-enabled machine.

This permits one to ship and monetise video content material on to viewers with none third-party platform.

The prime courtroom additionally refused to remain the third season of the favored ‘Mirzapur’ net sequence, which is presently underneath manufacturing.

The courtroom had earlier sought responses from the Centre, Amazon Prime Video and Excel Entertainment Pvt Ltd on the plea which additionally alleged ‘Mirzapur’ tarnished the historic and cultural picture of the place by displaying it as a metropolis of goons.

The petition stated the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting must be directed to make certification by a authorities authority necessary earlier than the discharge of an online sequence, movie or different such programmes on on-line platforms.

It sought a course to the federal government to border guidelines and rules for launch of such content material on on-line platforms and demanded that they be censored.

NEW DELHI: Observing it all the time felt pre-censorship is impermissible, the Supreme Court Thursday puzzled how can there be a pre-screening committee for net sequence, movies or different programmes that are instantly launched on on-line platforms.

An apex courtroom bench of Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Bela M Trivedi was listening to a plea filed by Mirzapur-resident Sujeet Kumar Singh for organising a pre-screening committee for net sequence, movies or different programmes that are instantly launched on on-line platforms.

“How can there be a pre screening committee for web series? There is a particular legislation. Unless you say OTT (over-the- top) is also a part of it. you must say that existing legislation must apply to OTT. Various questions will arise because transmission occurs from other countries.”

“For OTT satellite transmission is from other countries and not this one even though viewers may be here. Post exhibition redressal mechanism is different. our petition has to be more detailed. File a better one,” the bench stated whereas directing the petitioner to withdraw the plea.

An over-the-top (OTT) platform is a service that allows supply of video and stay stream feeds to any internet-enabled machine.

This permits one to ship and monetise video content material on to viewers with none third-party platform.

The prime courtroom additionally refused to remain the third season of the favored ‘Mirzapur’ net sequence, which is presently underneath manufacturing.

The courtroom had earlier sought responses from the Centre, Amazon Prime Video and Excel Entertainment Pvt Ltd on the plea which additionally alleged ‘Mirzapur’ tarnished the historic and cultural picture of the place by displaying it as a metropolis of goons.

The petition stated the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting must be directed to make certification by a authorities authority necessary earlier than the discharge of an online sequence, movie or different such programmes on on-line platforms.

It sought a course to the federal government to border guidelines and rules for launch of such content material on on-line platforms and demanded that they be censored.