SC restrains HCs from hearing petitions over OTT content regulation

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained high courts from hearing petitions to regulate content of releases on over-the-top platforms such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hotstar and Zee5, saying it will hear the pleas pending before it on the issue in the second week of April.

OTT platforms such as Amazon Prime have come under fire for airing content that some claimed “hurt religious sentiments”.

On Tuesday, a three-judge bench headed by justice DY Chandrachud stayed proceedings in separate petitions pending in this regard before the Punjab and Haryana high court, Madhya Pradesh high court and Allahabad high court.