Why did the government get ZEE5 to remove ‘Satluj’?
ZEE5 removed the film ‘Satluj’ from India after two days of streaming, while the film continued on ZEE5 Global.
AI generated- ZEE5 removed the film Satluj from India two days after release while the film continued to stream on ZEE5 Global.
- Satluj was originally titled Punjab ’95 and was directed by Honey Trehan with Diljit Dosanjh in the lead.
- Jaswant Singh Khalra documented alleged extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and illegal cremations during Punjab’s militancy years.
- The Central Bureau of Investigation later concluded that Jaswant Singh Khalra was taken by police officers and killed in custody.
What happened
ZEE5 removed Satluj from India two days after its release. The film, originally titled Punjab ’95, was directed by Honey Trehan and starred Diljit Dosanjh. The same film continued to stream on ZEE5 Global.
The film depicts Jaswant Singh Khalra, a human rights activist who documented alleged extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and illegal cremations during Punjab’s militancy years. Khalra was abducted in 1995 and never seen again; the Central Bureau of Investigation later concluded that he was taken by police officers and killed in custody.
UPSC may ask how online streaming content is regulated in India, how Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 differs from film certification, and whether secrecy in blocking orders affects freedom of speech, due process, and judicial review.
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