Antics of Baywatch star Pamela Anderson on reality show Big Boss will be available at prime time, 9 pm, as usual. The Bombay High Court on Thursday stayed the information and broadcasting ministry’s directive to Colors channel to push its hit reality show beyond prime time.
The ministry of information and broadcasting had on Wednesday asked the channel to air the show only after 11 pm as it had adult content and could not be viewed by children.
The channel, however, went ahead with the telecast of the show at 9 pm prime time on Wednesday, claiming that they never received the order. On Thursday, the first working day after Eid, the channel got a stay order on the ministry’s directive. The ministry had called the channel management to explain defiance of ministry’s directive. Sources said the channel claimed that they never got the ministry’s directive on time.
In the high court, the channel said that there was nothing objectionable in the show hosted by Salman Khan, and the ministry’s order did not specify which episode or part of the episode offended decency and good taste.
The division bench of Justices D. K. Deshmukh and N. D. Deshpande adjourned the hearing to November 22, as nobody appeared on the ministry’s behalf. The channel’s lawyer, senior counsel Aspi Chinoy, alleged that the ministry did not accept the notice sent by his client.
But advocate Chinoy said that the order did not specify which incident in the show was offensive. In the earlier seasons of the show, ministry had specified what it thought to be objectionable, but not this time, he said.
No showcause notice was given to the channel, he said. The division bench noted that the channel had not been given a chance to present its case.
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