In a significant relief for YouTuber celebrity Ranveer Allahbadia, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed his arrest in the India’s Got Latent controversy. However, the apex court criticised the YouTuber’s vulgar remarks and stated that such behaviour should be condemned.
The court also ordered Allahbadia to cooperate with the ongoing investigation. As per Bar and Bench, the court said, “Such behaviour has to be condemned. Just because you are popular, you cannot take society for granted. Is there anyone on earth who would like this language? There is something very dirty in his mind that has been vomited. Why should we protect him?”
Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia had moved SC against all the FIRs lodged with a request to get them all clubbed. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and provided protection to Ranveer from arrest.
The SC has further restrained from airing new episodes on his channel. Live Law quoted Justice Kant as saying, “The words you have chosen, parents will be ashamed, sisters will be ashamed. The entire society will feel ashamed. The perverted mind. The perversion you and your henchmen have exhibited! We have a judicial system, bound by the rule of law. If there are threats (against Allahbadia), the law will take course.”
Ranveer Allahbadia has also been directed by the Supreme Court to submit his passport and not leave the country without prior permission. “If any other FIR on the same set of allegations is registered in Jaipur, the arrest of the petitioner shall remain stayed. The petitioner shall deposit his passport at the Thane police station. He shall not leave the country without prior permission of this court,” Justice Kant added.