Allahabad High Court rejects PIL seeking ban on broadcast of Amazon Prime web series 'Pataal Lok'

Allahabad High Court rejects PIL seeking ban on broadcast of Amazon Prime web series ‘Pataal Lok’

NEW DELHI: In an enormous reduction for makers of the ‘Pataal Lok’ net collection, the Allahabad High Court has rejected a contemporary PIL in search of the courtroom’s route to cease the printed of the Amazon Prime net collection.

While refusing to simply accept the petition and intervene within the matter, the Allahabad High Court stated that the petitioner ought to make a grievance earlier than a reliable central authorities authority.

The excessive courtroom additionally directed the petitioner to file a grievance in 4 weeks, In its order, the courtroom stated that the competent authority ought to take a name as per laid procedures.

The petitioner has alleged that the content material of the online collection is extremely controversial in nature and it depicts issues opposite to the rules of the ‘Sanatan Dharma’.

The petition additional alleged that its broadcast violates the basic rights talked about in Articles 25 and 26,

A Public Interest Litigation in search of a ban of the printed of the online collection was filed by advocate Sangeeta Gupta. The matter was taken up by a bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Siddharth Verma. 

It could also be recalled that the Calcutta High Court had earlier dismissed a plea in search of a ban on the net collection. 

The plea, filed by a petitioner named Pranay Rai, contended that sure scenes of the Amazon Prime net collection Paatal Lok are defamatory to Nepalese individuals and put a foul discourse of the Nepalese group.

The PIL was lastly disposed by the High Court in opposition to the online collection and the courtroom additional directed to contemplate the grievance raised within the regard of the content material of the collection and move applicable and justifiable orders.

Notices had been issued by Punjab and Haryana High Court to central and state governments concerning the regulation of the content material of the online collection. 

The plea discover was filed by the discovered advocate of the excessive courtroom Gurdeepinder Singh Dhillon, who alleged that the content material depicted within the net collection is “illegal, antisocial, vulgar, abusive, minority oppressive, and anti-national.”

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