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The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in all the petitions seeking regulation of the content on the over-the-top (OTT) Platforms, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, ZEE5 etc. pending before the High Courts.

Tandav, the Amazon Prime series, stars Saif Ali Khan and is said to be a political thriller, an Indian attempt at something like House of Cards. The controversy is situated on claims that some dialogues in the series mocks Hinduism. The makers have claimed that they have deleted the offensive remarks.

All OTT platforms will now come under government regulations and rules. While there is a lack of clarity on what these regulations entail, it means that streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and others now answer to Prakash Javadekar, the minister for information and broadcasting