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Ashish Chanchlani has asked the Supreme Court to cancel the case registered against him in Assam and Maharashtra. He has filed a writ petition like Ranveer Allahbadia. The Supreme Court will hear the petition of the YouTuber tomorrow (February 21). This came after the Supreme Court granted interim relief to Allahbadia from further arrest in connection to the recent episode aired on YouTube, India’s Got Latent.
Earlier, on February 12, Ashish was granted interim bail by the Guwahati High in connection with the FIR lodged against the YouTuber by the Guwahati Police over the lewd remark on ‘parental sex’ made in a now-deleted episode of India’s Got Latent. The court has ordered him to appear before the investigating officers within ten days. Ashish co-judged the show with Samay Raina, Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija. The YouTuber didn’t make any controversial remarks but was still named in the case filed against him in Assam, Maharashtra and Guwahati.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released an advisory to OTT platforms and self-regulatory bodies amid the ongoing India’s Got Latent row. MIB issued an advisory shared on the official site that reads, “This Ministry has received references from Hon’ble Members of Parliament, representations from statutory organizations and public grievances regarding the alleged spread of obscene, pornographic and vulgar content published by certain publishers of online curated content (OTT platforms) and Social Media.”
This Code of Ethics mandates that platforms must not share any content prohibited by law. They should classify content based on age, enforce access controls for A-rated content, and follow other similar measures. “In view of the above, it is advised that the OTT platforms comply with the applicable laws and the Code of Ethics outlined in the IT Rules, 2021, when publishing content on their platforms. This includes stricter adherence to the age-based classification of content prescribed under the Code of Ethics. Additionally, Self-regulatory Bodies of OTT platforms are urged to take proactive measures against any violations of the Code of Ethics by these platforms,” the advisory stated.
During the IT committee meeting on February 13, the committee sent a communication to MIB secretary Sanjay Jaju, requesting the ministry to provide a note on necessary amendments to address controversial content.
