Chandigarh, Nov. 19 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday sought a response from the Punjab government on a plea seeking curb on obscene content on social-media platforms.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry has sought response by January 19.

The petitioner, who appeared in person, Kanwar Pahul Singh had referred to the June 10 killing of a social-media influencer who reportedly received threats for posting "bold and obscene content" and was murdered "because she did not stop uploading such material." Several other influencers had also been threatened for posting vulgar and obscene reels, he had submitted.

He had demanded strict enforcement of Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition...