Tandav row

Tandav row: Supreme Court gives protection from arrest to Amazon Prime India head Aparna Purohit

A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and RS Reddy also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on Purohit's plea for an anticipatory bail in FIRs on Tandav web-series. The apex court observed that the Centre's regulations on social media are mere guidelines and do not have provision for any action against digital platforms.

Mar 05, 2021, 14:26 PM IST

Tandav row: SC bats for OTT guidelines, says some web series show pornographic content

Tandav, a nine-episode political thriller starring Bollywood A-listers Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, started streaming recently.

Mar 04, 2021, 14:52 PM IST

Tandav row: Allahabad HC rejects anticipatory bail plea of senior Amazon Prime executive

While rejecting the application, a single-judge bench of Justice Sidharth said that the applicant was earlier granted interim protection from arrest by another bench in a similar case but she was not cooperating with the investigation. The petitioner's plea was that the web series was a work of fiction. 

Feb 26, 2021, 08:41 AM IST

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting directs Tandav makers to delete controversial scenes from web-series

After receiving ample complaints about the political drama, the Ministry of Information and  Broadcasting has directed the makers of 'Tandav' to delete the controversial scenes. This is for the first time that changes have been implemented in the content of an OTT release.  

Jan 22, 2021, 17:29 PM IST

Tandav row: Director Ali Abbas Zafar, writer Gaurav Solanki summoned by UP police in Lucknow

A case was registered in Lucknow's Hazratganj Kotwali against Amazon Prime India head of original content Aparna Purohit, Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, Gaurav Solanki for allegedly portraying Hindu gods in a bad light. 

Jan 21, 2021, 18:34 PM IST