NGO Justice for Rights Foundation has filed the plea and has claimed that due to lack of regulation for the web-exclusive content, the platforms were telecasting shows full of 'vulgarity, religiously forbidden and morally unethical'.

Supreme Court has issued a notice to Centre to regulate the content featured on OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hotstar. Earlier the same plea was dismissed by Delhi High Court on February 8, 2019. The petition has been filed by an NGO seeking the government's response on the plea and also alleged that the online media streaming platforms show "uncertified, sexually explicit and vulgar" content.

According to a tweet by ANI, "Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on a plea seeking framing of guidelines by the government to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video."

The plea, filed by a non-governmental organisation, Justice for Rights, has claimed that due to lack of regulation for the web-exclusive content, the platforms were telecasting shows full of 'vulgarity, religiously forbidden and morally unethical'. The PIL has also alleged that the content of several shows on the online platform violated provisions of the Indian Penal code (IPC) and the Information Technology Act.

In January this year, leading Online Curated Content Providers (OCCPs) including Netflix, Hotstar, Voot, Arre, Sonyliv and ALTBalaji came together with a self-regulatory code to regulate video streaming content. OCCPs voluntarily signed a self-regulatory Code of Best Practices under the aegis of Inter and Mobile Association of India.