Madurai bench of Madras HC seeks reply from union government on PIL for separate censor boards for TV serials, ads

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday sought response from the union government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking to establish a separate censor board for television serials and advertisements.

The litigant KK Ramesh submitted that the stories of many television serials have unhealthy themes like extramarital affair, revenge etc. and in most of the serials, women are portrayed in a degrading manner. He also referred to many news reports about how movies which received ‘A’ (for adults only) certification, get re-certified to be released on small screens to enable the producers earn profit.