Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act
Parliament of India
Enacted byParliament of India
Status: In force

The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 is an Act of the Parliament of India which was enacted to prohibit indecent representation of women through film, web series, advertisement or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner. If any OTT platforms presented women as a sex object or showing nudity and obscenity towards women in its shows, then it would be a punishable offence and this may lead to banning of the series or its OTT platform.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Indescent Representation of Women". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  2. ^ Arrest Punjabi singers – Jazzy B, Honey Singh & Diljit Dosanjh: Istri Jagriti Manch (IJM), archived from the original on 7 January 2013, retrieved 3 January 2013
  3. ^ "The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ Sharma, Moksha; Pendyal, Keerti (2021). "Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 - Protection from Malicious Content or Chilling Free Speech". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3967857. ISSN 1556-5068. S2CID 246621872.
  5. ^ "Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986". 23 December 1986. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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