'Vulgar & Obscene Language', Delhi High Court Orders FIR Against Web Series 'College Romance'
The Delhi High Court ordered the appropriate authorities to file a first information report (FIR) against the creators of the web series "College Romance.¡±
In the lawsuit against the online series creators, a single-judge panel presided over by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma affirmed the prior ruling.
?The Delhi police were instructed to file a police report (FIR) against director Simarpreet Singh and performer Apoorva Arora by an additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM).
According to the Indian Express, the judge claimed that she discovered that the actors in the online series are not using "civil language" after watching a few episodes of the show.
The content of the series would ¡°lead a common man to the conclusion that the language used in the web series is foul and profane which can affect and corrupt impressionable minds¡±.
¡°Therefore, on the basis of this finding it can be held that the content of the web series will certainly attract the criminality as envisaged under Section 67 (publishing or transmitting, in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious) of the Information Technology Act,¡± Justice Sharma said.
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021¡ªcommonly known as the IT Rules¡ªwere also brought to the attention of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, urging it to take stricter action against the creators of web series, platform (TVF), and YouTube.
¡°The language which is being today called normal college culture and lifestyle is bound to percolate to school going children since it is unclassified and tomorrow may be called normal school culture, since the new generation will learn from the older generation. It will be a sad day for society in case the same vulgar and obscene language is spoken in schools, streets and houses in the name of new culture of the students,¡± Justice Sharma said.
?Justice Sharma observed that ¡°in the name of individual freedom such language cannot be permitted to be served to the general public and be represented to the world at large as if this is the language that this country and youth in educational institutions speaks¡±, according to Bar and Bench.
The Court additionally stated that the use of expletives and other derogatory language in the web series degrades women and makes them feel like victims by making references to women as objects of sex and to their genitalia.
About College Romance:
Arunabh Kumar and The Viral Fever developed the Hindi-language online series College Romance in India. Keshav Sadhna, Apoorva Arora, Manjot Singh, Gagan Arora, and Shreya Mehta are among the cast members. It centres on the pursuit of love, humour, and lifelong experiences by three closest friends while they are all attending college together: Trippy, Naira, and Karan.
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