SC says regulation of explicit content on OTT ‘falls in executive’s domain’

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others regarding a petition seeking a directive to take necessary measures to ban the streaming of sexually explicit content on over-the-top (OTT) and social media platforms.

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih noted that the petition raised an important issue, which falls under the executive or legislative domain. “As it is, there are allegations that we are encroaching upon the legislature and executive power,” Justice Gavai remarked during the proceedings.