The Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley has stated that the BBC documentary titled “India’s Daughter” has violated both Indian and British laws. The Indian Express reported that Jaitley said that the producers might have been prosecuted if they had been Indian nationals.

Referring to the Verma Committee recommendations following the Delhi gang rape case on December 16, 2012, which led to amendments to the country's laws, Jaitley said:

"Should the film, by some methodology of shooting, have disclosed the photography and the name of the victim? (If yes), it's an offence under section 228(A) of the penal code."

He added that BBC "should have not done" and agreed to "allowing a forum to be made available to a rapist during the pendency of his appeal."

"The appeal is still pending in the Supreme Court, and to provide a forum where he comes up and says - I have not seen the film, but from what I have read in the newspapers - that I was on the wheel and this was going on and give horrid details," he added.

On March 3, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in India issued an advisory to all private satellite television channels not to air the film.

However, the banning of the "India's Daughter" BBC documentary did not hinder actresses Freida Pinto and Meryl Streep to join Plan International on throwing spotlight on the issue of violence against women at the US premiere of "India's Daugther" BBC documentary on March 9, held at Baruch College.

The said event was co-hosted by Plan International and Vital Voices Global Partnership

Leslee Udwin, who made the controversial film, said that she was upset with people who are against it, writes The Economic Times.

"India's Daughter would never have been shared this widely had the government of India reacted in a measured manner," said Udwin.

She added that government is "repeating erroneous information and wild assertions without doing proper fact-check."