Commercial speeches not under fundamental rights: SC

Commercial and prohibited speeches are not covered under the fundamental rights, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said as it asked five social media influencers, including "India's Got Latent" host Samay Raina, to display their unconditional apology in their podcasts or shows for ridiculing persons with disabilities and rare genetic disorders.

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A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the degree of repentance should be higher than the degree of offending and made it clear that the court would consider imposing a penalty for offe