The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 is an Act of the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...

which was enacted to prohibit indecent representation of women through film,

web series A web series (also known as a web show) is a series of scripted or non-scripted online videos, generally in episodic form, released on the Internet, which first emerged in the late 1990s and became more prominent in the early 2000s. A single in ...

, advertisement or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or in any other manner. If any OTT platforms presented women as a

sex object Sexual objectification is the act of treating a person solely as an object of sexual desire. Objectification more broadly means treating a person as a commodity or an object without regard to their personality or dignity. Objectification is mos ...

or showing nudity and obscenity towards women in its shows, then it would be a punishable offence and this may lead to banning of the series or its OTT platform.

References

Acts of the Parliament of India 1986 Women's rights in India Women's rights legislation Rajiv Gandhi administration Sex laws in India 1986 in women's history {{India-law-stub