SC Grants Interim Relief to YouTuber Allahbadia

If someone thinks they are popular and have a right to say anything... You are taking the society for granted SC BENCH

- Utkarsh Anand

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia in criminal cases lodged against him over allegedly obscene remarks made on a YouTube show, but also suggested that it would like the government to consider an anti-obscenity law for YouTube channels and social media.

A bench of justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh termed Allahbadia's comments, made during an appearance on a show called India's Got Latent "perverted," "dirty" and "disgusting". While calling on the Union government to inform it about a legal regime for regulating YouTube channels and other social media content, the bench added that some of the content has become a "complete nuisance".