Allahabadia Case: SC For Curing YouTube, Social Media Content

New Delhi: Pulling up YouTube celebrity Ranveer Allahabadia for exhibiting "perversion", the Supreme Court on Tuesday called for regulation or maintaining decency in the content of YouTube channels and social media platforms. The apex court also offered Allahabadia a temporary shield against arrest in cases registered across the country for promoting obscenity. A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh, while hearing Allahabadia's plea to club FIRs and seek anticipatory bail against possible arrest by Guwahati police, issued a notice to the Union government on the issue of addressing the "vacuum" in the domain of regulation of online content.

“We would like to do something. If the Government will willingly do it, we will be very happy,” said the court, adding that it may not overlook the importance and sensitivity of the issue.

The bench also sought the assistance of Attorney General R Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to address the sensitive issue in the next hearing. Before offering Allahabadia temporary protection from arrest and blocking further police cases against him, the court hit out at him.