During the hearing of YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia's case challenging the FIRs filed over alleged 'obscene' comments, Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant appeared to disapprove of articles criticizing the criminal proceedings against Allahabadia and advocating for his right to free speech and expression.

The matter was before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh. During the hearing, Justice Kant said,

"We know some people writing articles in the name of freedom of speech, etc...we know how to handle them also...in this country, there is nothing like a fundamental right on platter...the fundamental rights are all followed by a duty...unless those people understand duty, there is no [...] deal with that kind of elements...if somebody wants to enjoy fundamental rights, this country gives a guarantee to enjoy, but guarantee is with a duty so that guarantee will involve performing that duty also", commented Justice Kant.

While imposing a condition on Allahabadia to refrain from commenting on sub-judice matters in his future shows, the judge also took note of a "joke" made by a co-accused during a show in Canada.

"These youngsters are being oversmart...[they think we are outdated generation probably]...one of them has gone to Canada and spoke there...[they don't know] the jurisdiction which this Court enjoys and what probably can be done...We don't want to because they are young, we understand...", the judge said.

Nevertheless, the Court lifted the previous restriction on Allahabadia from airing future shows. It also broadened the scope of the proceedings to examine the necessity of a regulatory framework to curb vulgarity in online shows and platforms.