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The transfer follows the federal government determination to carry all digital media platforms below the I&B ministry
Round 23 circumstances associated to OTT content material are being heard in numerous courts of the nation
The SC had sought the Centre’s response on a PIL for regulating OTT platforms reminiscent of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video by an autonomous physique
After bringing OTT platforms below the ambit of the Info and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry, the federal government is planning to file a plea that seeks to carry all of the court docket circumstances in India towards OTT platforms reminiscent of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar to the Supreme Courtroom.
The federal government had already knowledgeable the Punjab and Haryana excessive court docket about its transfer.
The federal government had introduced that all digital media platforms, together with information media and on-line curated content material suppliers (OCCPs), would fall below the knowledge and broadcasting (I&B) ministry, many worry that this might spell doom for India’s high-flying video OTT house.
Round 23 circumstances associated to OTT content material are being heard in numerous courts of the nation, and will probably be higher if the SC hears all of them, ministry officers instructed ET.
“Our position remains the same in all cases… And if the Supreme Court gives its verdict, the other courts will have to comply,” the official stated including that the choice to file a petition for the switch of circumstances to the apex court docket was taken earlier than the OTTs had been introduced below the MIB’s purview earlier this month.
The Supreme Courtroom had final month sought the Centre’s response on a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) for regulating OTT platforms reminiscent of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video by an autonomous physique.
The PIL said that digital content material on these platforms is made out there to the general public at giant with none filter or screening.
A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian had issued notices to the central authorities, I&B Ministry and Web and Cell Affiliation of India (IAMAI).
Not one of the OTT/streaming platforms together with Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5, and Hotstar have signed the self-regulation offered by the I&B ministry since February 2020, the plea had alleged.
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