Television couple Dalljiet Kaur and Shalin Bhanot made national headlines when Dalljiet accused Shalin of domestic violence, physical assault, and mental torture. She claimed that Shalin tried to strangle her and that his family demanded dowry. The case went through intense legal scrutiny before they eventually settled for a divorce.

This daily soap triggered nationwide outrage and a massive online petition to the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC). The plot centered around an 18-year-old girl marrying a 9-year-old boy and featured highly inappropriate romantic sequences, including a televised honeymoon. Under heavy pressure from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the channel was forced to pull the show down instantly.

Reality TV icon Rakhi Sawant filed a molestation case against Bollywood singer Mika Singh after he forcibly kissed her on the lips during his televised birthday celebration. The incident generated relentless media coverage, sparked a massive debate on consent, and stood as one of the earliest tabloid-dominated controversies on Indian television.

Self-proclaimed godman Swami Om crossed all boundaries of reality television ethics during a task on Bigg Boss 10. During a heated argument, he threw his own urine at fellow contestants Bani J and Rohan Mehra. This unprecedented act resulted in him being immediately thrown out of the house by security and permanently blacklisted by the network

The most publicised fallout in Indian comedy history took place on a flight back from Melbourne to Mumbai. An intoxicated Kapil Sharma physically and verbally assaulted co-star Sunil Grover. The incident led to Grover immediately walking out of The Kapil Sharma Show alongside other prominent cast members, causing a massive dive in viewership ratings and a temporary suspension of the show.

Veteran actor Alok Nath, widely respected for playing the ultimate "sanskari" (virtuous) father figure across decades of Indian television, was accused of rape and extreme sexual harassment by writer-producer Vinta Nanda. Following the viral disclosure, multiple other female co-stars spoke out, completely shattering his clean-cut screen image and leading to his prompt expulsion from the Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA).

One of Hindi TV's most prominent prime-time actresses, Shweta Tiwari (Kasautii Zindagii Kay), faced a highly publicised personal nightmare involving her then-husband Raja Chaudhary. Tiwari filed multiple police complaints against Chaudhary for severe physical abuse, domestic violence, and public vandalism, culminating in a bitter, heavily documented divorce battle that played out across media tabloids

In June 2021, Pearl V Puri was arrested by the Mumbai Police under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and IPC Section 376 AB.  The arrest stemmed from a complaint filed by a co-star’s husband, alleging that Puri had molested and raped their five-year-old minor daughter in 2019 on the sets of the TV series Bepanah Pyaarr

Shilpa Shinde, the original "Angoori Bhabhi," abruptly walked away from the massively successful sitcom Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai over a severe pay hike and exclusivity dispute. She filed sexual harassment charges against producer Sanjay Kohli. In a stunning turn of events years later, Shinde publicly admitted that the harassment allegations were entirely fabricated, stating she had used them purely as legal leverage while feeling backed into a corner.