'India's Got Latent' row: Supreme Court tells Centre to draft regulations for programmes on social media

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to come out with regulatory mechanism for telecast or airing of programmes as it allowed YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia to resume his show but cautioned him that the show must be within standards of "decency and morality".

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to come out with a draft regulatory measure in terms with the known standards of morality which can be brought in public domain to invite suggestions from all the stakeholders before taking any legislative or judicial measure in this regard.

The court said it was inclined to expand the scope of instant proceedings.

Dealing the hearing, the bench allowed the petitioner to resume his shows but asked him to ensure that all age groups can watch his show.

The court, however, refused for now, his another plea to travel abroad, saying that the permission can only be granted after he joined the probe in the case.

On February 18, the court provided him relief, saying no coercive action against him for his alleged obscene remarks he made on a YouTube show 'India's Got Latent', while rebuking him for his indecent remarks.

The court had his words exhibited "dirty mind" and "perverted" mentality in a show and wondering "if this is not obscenity in this country, then what it is".

These 'obscene' remarks were made on a YouTube show India's Got Latent.

The court had then issued notice on his plea and stayed his arrest in the FIRs filed in Maharashtra and Assam, subject to him joining the investigation. The court also clarified, he would not be accompanied by counsel inside police station.