India, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court of India has directed social media influencers, including Samay Raina, to display an apology on their podcast and programmes for ridiculing disabled persons.

Besides Raina, the other persons named in the case are Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjit Singh Ghai, Sonali Thakkar, and Nishant Jagdish Tanwar.

Following Monday's hearing, the Supreme Court has also called on the government to frame guidelines for social media to curb speeches offending or ridiculing disabled, women, children and senior citizens.

The five influencers were summoned by the Supreme Court of India over offensive and derogatory remarks made against persons with disabilities.

In May's hearing, the bench headed by Justice Surya Kant took ...