SC seeks Samay Raina, social media influencers’ presence for ‘ridiculing’ particular person with incapacity

The bench termed the influencers ridiculing such folks as “damaging” and “demoralising” and mentioned some severe remedial and punitive motion was wanted to keep away from such incidents in future.

“That is very, very damaging and demoralising. There are statutes which attempt to carry these folks into the mainstream, and with one incident, your entire effort goes. It is best to consider some remedial and punitive motion throughout the legislation,” the bench advised senior advocate Aprajita Singh, showing for the NGO.

Observing that the basic proper to freedom of speech and expression just isn’t absolute, the bench mentioned nobody could possibly be allowed to demean anyone underneath the garb of the precise and mulled framing pointers on social media content material regarding folks with disabilities and uncommon problems.

The NGO had referred to the deficiencies within the current authorized framework and urged the bench to formulate pointers on on-line content material.