Supreme Court: "Don't watch if you don't like," top court slams petitioner who claimed damages for YouTube ads

Supreme Court: A man who requested compensation from Google after failing a competitive exam due to explicit adverts on the company's YouTube channel was fined Rs. 25,000 by the Supreme Court on Friday.

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One of the most atrocious petitions

The plea was referred to as "one of the most atrocious petitions" and a "gross abuse" of a public interest lawsuit by the justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and AS Oka's bench.

In its order, the bench stated, “If you don’t like an ad, don’t watch it. Why watch an ad if it distracts you? These kinds of petitions are utter wastage of judicial time. We dismiss the petition with a cost of ₹25,000 to be deposited within four weeks with the mediation centre of the Supreme Court”.  

Anand Kishore Choudhary's penalty was originally set at one lakh rupees, however the court later decreased it after he submitted an apology. Additionally, Choudhary asked the bench to release him.

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We won’t let you simply withdraw without a fine said the bench

The bench told the Madhya Pradesh resident, “We won’t let you simply withdraw without a fine. This is only for the sake of publicity that you filed a petition.”

Choudhary stated in his plea that he subscribed to YouTube in order to study for a state police service exam. However, the explicit and sexually explicit video sharing platform commercials distracted him, which prevented him from passing the exam.

In order to make up for the distraction that cost him a position in the Madhya Pradesh police force, Choudhary demanded that Google pay him Rs. 75 lakh.

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