Samay Raina and other stand-up comics known for their brand of dark comedy were handed out a unique judgement from the Supreme Court on Thursday. Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, Sonali Thakkar and Nishant Jagadish Tanwar are the other comedians involved in the case.
According to the new Supreme Court ruling, comedians like Raina will now have to host "specially-abled persons with success stories" at least twice a month on their shows or platforms.
The Supreme Court has directed Comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina and three other comedians to invite specially-abled persons with success stories to shows held on their platforms, to generate and raise funds for the timely and effective treatment of persons with disabilities.…
— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2025
The verdict also instructs them to "generate and raise funds for the timely and effective treatment of persons with disabilities".
"We hope and expect that such few memorable events will take place before we hear the matter next ... You are all well-placed persons in the society. If you have become too popular, then share it with others," said a bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, calling it a "social burden", rather than a "penal burden".
"Good one, SC," an X user wrote.
Good one SC. 👏
— Meganbilli (@McMeggg) November 27, 2025
"He already did so many work for them, not only with hallow success stories, but he literally made them successful through his platform," another X user opined.
He already did so many work for them, not only with hallow success stories, but he literally made them successful through his platform.
— Vaibhav Chouksey (@vaibhavchoukse0) November 27, 2025
"CJI Kant is showing a very progressive mindset. Instead of punishing them financially, he is forcing them to use their massive platform for good. Smart move," another X user said.
CJI Kant is showing a very progressive mindset. Instead of punishing them financially, he is forcing them to use their massive platform for good. Smart move
— TheStartupDaily (@Startup_Daily01) November 27, 2025
"This is crazy. SC has no say in who Samay invites to his show," an X user said, criticising the judgement.
This is crazy. SC has no say in who Samay invites to his show. If he broke any law then punish him as per the law otherwise dismiss the case. SC as usual doing virtue signalling instead of what their job is.
— Whifle Puny (@kleptomaniac212) November 27, 2025
The ruling comes after disability charity CureSMA Foundation filed a plea in the apex court, claiming that comedians like Raina had made insensitive remarks against differently-abled people.
“In one of the programmes, the children were ridiculed ... when such disparaging content comes from a crowd platform, it is difficult to get funding,” said Aparajita Singh, representing the charity, adding that treatment costs were often exorbitant.
This follows an August 2025 ruling against the five content creators, in which they were warned that they could not “press free speech rights when monetised content offends the dignity of others". The bench had also called their shows "perverted" and "disgusting".
