HC says broadcasting committee should decide if Emotional Atyachar is vulgar
10 April 2013 9:41 PM GMT
The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the Central government and the Broadcasting Consumers Complaint Committee (BCCC) to decide on allegations of vulgarity and obscenity against reality show Emotional Atyachar telecast on UTV Bindass channel.
The court's direction came in a judgement delivered on a PIL filed against Emotional Atyachar which has been telecast on UTV Bindass Tv channel of UTV Software Communication Ltd.
'We direct the Union of India and BCCC to pass final directions with respect to the said two alleged violations; Union of India would take the decision with respect to the first of the two violations and BCCC shall pass an order with respect to its opinion which order would be taken to its logical conclusion by the Union of India,' a bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani said.
The PIL had said a regulatory mechanism be devised to enforce the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 and action taken against the channel for running the indecent and vulgar show.
The court, however, did not comment upon the merits of the arguments advanced by the lawyers for both the parties.
It asked the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and BCCC, a self-regulatory body formed by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, to take decisions on the complaints against the reality show. 'The first violation is the one detected by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of being offensive to the sensibilities of children, directing the timing to be shifted to 11:00 PM, reference whereof is to be found in a show cause notice dated February 22, 2011.
'Another violation (second) in the form of allegedly indecent, obscene and vulgar language used offending good taste and decency, was alleged and therein a reference was made to a violation in the past,' the court said.
The court's direction came in a judgement delivered on a PIL filed against Emotional Atyachar which has been telecast on UTV Bindass Tv channel of UTV Software Communication Ltd.
'We direct the Union of India and BCCC to pass final directions with respect to the said two alleged violations; Union of India would take the decision with respect to the first of the two violations and BCCC shall pass an order with respect to its opinion which order would be taken to its logical conclusion by the Union of India,' a bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani said.
The PIL had said a regulatory mechanism be devised to enforce the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 and action taken against the channel for running the indecent and vulgar show.
The court, however, did not comment upon the merits of the arguments advanced by the lawyers for both the parties.
It asked the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and BCCC, a self-regulatory body formed by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, to take decisions on the complaints against the reality show. 'The first violation is the one detected by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of being offensive to the sensibilities of children, directing the timing to be shifted to 11:00 PM, reference whereof is to be found in a show cause notice dated February 22, 2011.
'Another violation (second) in the form of allegedly indecent, obscene and vulgar language used offending good taste and decency, was alleged and therein a reference was made to a violation in the past,' the court said.
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