You are polluting minds of young generation: SC slams Ekta Kapoor

The Supreme Court Friday came down heavily on producer Ekta Kapoor over objectionable content in her web series XXX saying she was polluting the minds of the young generation of this countryThe top court was hearing a plea filed by Kapoor challenging the arrest warrants issued against her for allegedly insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their families in the web series aired on her OTT platform ALTBalajiSomething has to be done You are polluting the minds of the young generation of this country It is available to all OTT Over The Top content is available to allWhat kind of choice are you providing to the peopleon the contrary you are polluting the minds of youngsters a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar saidThe court made the observation after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Kapoor submitted that a petition has been filed before the Patna high court but there is no hope the matter will be listed for hearing soonAlso read Arrest warrant issued against producer Ekta Kapoor mother over web seriesHe said the top court had earlier granted protection to Kapoor in a similar matterRohatgi said the content is subscription based and that there is freedom of choice in this countryThe court which stopped short of imposing costs then wondered what kind of choice is being given to peopleEverytime you travel to this courtwe dont appreciate this We will put a cost on you for filing such a petition Mr Rohatgi please convey this to your client Just because you can afford and hire the services of good lawyersthis court is not for those who have voicesThis court works for those who dont have voicesif these people who have all kinds of facilities if they cannot get justice then think of the situation of this common man We have seen the order and we have our reservations the bench observedThe top court kept the matter pending and suggested a local lawyer may be put to work to know about the status of hearing in the high courtA trial court in Bihars Begusarai had issued the warrant on a complaint lodged by Shambhu Kumar an exservicemanKumar in his complaint of 2020 alleged series XXX Season2 featured several objectionable scenes related to a soldiers wifeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever