Examine if soft porn being shown on hotstar: HC to Centre

The Centre has been asked by the Delhi High Court to examine the allegation that objectionable content, including soft pornography, was being made available for download from hotstar.com website, run by a subsidiary of Star India Pvt Ltd, and take appropriate action.

Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva issued notice to Star India and its subsidiary, Novi Digital Entertainment Pvt Ltd, seeking their reply to a plea alleging that they were operating an illegal Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) distribution platform without following the uplinking and downlinking guidelines.

Besides the two companies, the court also sought response of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Communication and IT for allegedly not regulating 

content provided on the IPTV platform website hotstar.com.