Overview

• Comedians Samay Raina, Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, Sonali Thakkar and Nishant Jagdish Tanwar must display apologies on their YouTube channels and podcasts.
• The court told the influencers to file affidavits detailing how they will use their platforms to promote disability awareness after remarks that mocked persons with disabilities, including those with spinal muscular atrophy.
• Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said monetised influencer content amounts to commercial speech that does not enjoy unfettered fundamental‑rights protection when it violates dignity under Article 21.
• The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was tasked to prepare broad, stakeholder‑driven rules with input from bodies such as NBDSA, as the Attorney General cautioned against a complete gag on humour.
• Financial penalties will be decided at a later stage, with the bench asking what costs the influencers are willing to bear, and it signalled possible accountability for hosting platforms while dispensing with further personal appearances.