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Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986

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GURSHARANJOT SINGH RANDHAWA @ GURU RANDHAWAversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Disposed Off

The petitioner filed a writ petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking to quash FIR No. 70 of 2026 and related proceedings for alleged offences under Sections 296 and 353 of the BNSS, Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Section 6 of the …

APOORVA ARORA & ANR. ETC.versusSTATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

2024 INSC 223Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, who created and acted in the web‑series “College Romance”, were charged with publishing obscene and sexually explicit material under Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act after a complaint that an episode titled “Happily F****d Up” contained vulgar expletives. The …

MANOHAR LAL SHARMAversusSANJAY LEELA BHANSALI & ORS.

2017 INSC 1156Dismissed

The petitioner, Manohar Lal Sharma, filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a direction that the film "Padmavati" not be exhibited abroad without a certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and that the CBI register an FIR against the film's producers under Section 7 of …

AVEEK SARKAR & ANR.versusSTATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.

2014 INSC 75Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, editors and publishers of Sports World magazine and Anandabazar Patrika, reproduced a semi‑nude photograph of tennis player Boris Becker and his fiancée Barbara, originally published in the German magazine STERN, which was intended to protest apartheid and promote interracial love. A …

S. KHUSHBOOversusKANNIAMMAL AND ANR.

2010 INSC 247Appeal(s) allowed

The actress S. Khushboo made remarks in a 2005 news‑magazine survey endorsing societal acceptance of premarital sex and live‑in relationships. Several members of the PMK political party filed criminal complaints alleging defamation, obscenity, indecent representation of women and incitement under …

AJAY GOSWAMIversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

2006 INSC 995Dismissed

Ajay Goswami filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking court‑issued guidelines for newspapers to prevent minors from being exposed to sexually explicit material, and to set up a committee for regulating such content. The petition argued that existing statutes were inadequate to protect …