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DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued
a showcause notice to Sony Entertainment Television for showing
an obnoxious scene during its reality show Entertainment ke
liye kuch bhi karega.
The
notice, issued by the I&B Ministry under Section 5 of
the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995, relates
to an act showing a person putting a snake through one nostril
and taking it out from the other nostril and then putting
it in the mouth and taking it out of the nostril. The offending
programme was shown on 14 September.
The
Ministry notice said the visuals of the programme appear to
be offending against good taste. The visuals also appear to
inflict cruelty on snakes, and may lead other viewers to try
these tricks, and affect young children, and as such they
are not suitable for unrestricted public exhibition.
The
guideline for Certification of Films under the Cinematograph
Act, 1952, stipulates it has to be ensured that scenes showing
cruelty to, or abuse of, animals, are not presented needlessly.
The
Ministry has said that if a suitable reply is not received,
action will be taken ex parte under the Downlinking Guidelines,
the terms and conditions of the permission granted and the
provisions of Section 20 of the Cable Act.
According
to basic conditions of permission for uplinking of an entertainment
TV channel from India, channels are bound to follow the Programme
Code and Advertising Code.
In
the past, four showcause notices have been issued to Sony
for violation of the Codes.
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