Considering these binding precedents, the Supreme Court’s order of November 22 needs immediate reconsideration as it has been rendered without taking into account the aforesaid views.
As India completed it's 75 years of independence this year, all organs must work to fulfill the dream-ideas of the Constitution makers about a modern India.
Controls on the internet, censorship of Over The Top (OTT) content, accountability of Social Media platforms and streaming partners all come under this grey area, till legislation is ultimately put in to place to provide checks and balances. Till then, there’s discussion, deliberation and debate on rights and liabilities, on freedoms and liberties. It’s only when a sprinkling of stakeholders, mostly powerful, begin to move court that an issue is perceived as vital and the need to address it through interventional judgement first and then pertinent legislation, identified.