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Indian Twitterati react to the ban of Comedy Central

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the Central government's 10 day ban of Comedy Central, a channel owned by Viacom 18.  The High Court took action keeping into account the material shown on the TV shows Stand Up Club and Popcorn which it said objectified women as "commodity of sex".  The Indian government in calling for the channel's ban claimed that the airing of the show Stand Up Club would “deprave, corrupt and injure the public morality and morals”.

According to LiveMint, the channel is set to lose revenue to the tune of Rs 60 lakh for the period. The government may have succesfully banned the channel, but people have not taken it quietly, expressing their concerns on the social platform Twitter.

Mocking a daily newspaper one users wrote:

Others took the ban quite seriously writing about the condition of the country and the ban:  

Some mocked the quality of cinema produced by Bollywood saying that India is still not at par with the standard of comedies produced by the west: 

Taking shots at the ancient Khajuraho temples, people also mocked the 'moral police' of India. 

 

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