Vulgar, profane show: Judge uses earphones

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the language used in the web series 'College Romance,' streaming on the OTT platform TVF, is obscene, profane and vulgar which will deprave and corrupt the minds of young people, reports Bar and Bench.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said on Monday that she had to watch the episodes with the aid of earphones in her chamber as the profanity of language used was such that it could not have been heard without shocking or alarming the people in the vicinity.

"Nor was it in keeping with the decorum of language which is maintained by a common prudent man in professional or public domain, or even with family members at home. Most certainly, this court notes that this is not the language that nation's youth or otherwise citizens of this country use, and this language cannot be called the frequently spoken language used in our country," the judgment noted.

Hence, the single-judge ruled that TVF, the show's director Simarpreet Singh and actor Apoorva Arora are liable to face action under Section 67 (publishing or transmitting, in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious) and 67A (punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act) of Information Technology (IT) Act.