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A Public interest litigation against the web series “Paatal Lok” has been dismissed by the Calcutta High Court with a direction to consider the grievance raised and pass appropriate orders.
The petitioner(Mr. Pranay Rai) stated in his PIL that certain portions of the web series “Paatal Lok” which is being shown in Amazon Prime are defamatory of the Nepalese community and projects the Nepalese community in a very bad light.
The petitioner has filed a representation ventilating his grievance to the appropriate authority who has been shown as the 8th respondent in the writ petition. The identity of the 8th respondent isn’t noticeable from the order.
“we leave all issues open for the 8th respondent to decide. The 8th respondent shall take a reasoned decision on the representation made by the petitioner, in accordance with law, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and the respondents herein and to any party as 8th respondent may deem fit and proper and shall dispose of the representation of the petitioner as soon as possible and preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of commencement of this order to the 8th respondent.”
The court said that they have not addressed their opinion into the merits as to whether or not certain portions of the said web series are required to be blocked or as to whether or not the 8th respondent has jurisdiction to entertain the petitioner’s representation. All issues are left open to be decided by the 8th respondent in accordance with law.
A notice was also issued by a bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi to the Central and the State Government last month in a plea seeking to regulate the contents of the web series “Paatal Lok”. The notice was issued in furtherance of a petition which was filed by Advocate Gurdeepinder Singh Dhillon, a practicing Advocate of the High court who alleged that the content of the show were “illegal, antisocial, vulgar, abusive, minority oppressive and anti-national”.
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