Overview

• The commission issued notices to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry and the Mumbai Police after a complaint about a vaping cameo without a health warning.
• It recommended registration of an FIR against Ranbir Kapoor, the producers and Netflix under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019.
• Mumbai Police were told to probe the supply chain by identifying manufacturers and importers of e‑cigarettes and to submit an action report within two weeks.
• The complaint, filed by Vinay Joshi of the Legal Rights Observatory, alleges the depiction could mislead young viewers by normalising a banned product.
• The NHRC urged the I&B Ministry to curb such depictions on OTT platforms, while Netflix, Kapoor and the production team had not publicly responded at publication time.