The Supreme Court has fined comedian Samay Raina and four others, including podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, Rs 3 lakh each for non-compliance with its previous directives concerning remarks made on Raina's show, "India's Got Latent," which were deemed obscene and offensive towards persons with disabilities. The court expressed dissatisfaction, stating Raina had "taken the court for a ride" and labeled them "self-styled youth icons," ordering them to either file a compliance affidavit or deposit the fine within two weeks. The controversy stems from Allahbadia's appearance and comments on the show, and a petition by Cure SMA India Foundation alleging Raina made insensitive remarks about Spinal Muscular Atrophy treatment costs and ridiculed a disabled person, despite a November 2025 court order for Raina and other comedians to organize fundraising events for disabled individuals.

The Supreme Court has fined comedian Samay Raina and four others, including podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, Rs 3 lakh each for non-compliance with its previous directives concerning remarks made on Raina's show, "India's Got Latent," which were deemed obscene and offensive towards persons with disabilities. The court expressed dissatisfaction, stating Raina had "taken the court for a ride" and labeled them "self-styled youth icons," ordering them to either file a compliance affidavit or deposit the fine within two weeks. The controversy stems from Allahbadia's appearance and comments on the show, and a petition by Cure SMA India Foundation alleging Raina made insensitive remarks about Spinal Muscular Atrophy treatment costs and ridiculed a disabled person, despite a November 2025 court order for Raina and other comedians to organize fundraising events for disabled individuals.

The Supreme Court has fined comedian Samay Raina and four others, including podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, Rs 3 lakh each for non-compliance with its previous directives concerning remarks made on Raina's show, "India's Got Latent," which were deemed obscene and offensive towards persons with disabilities. The court expressed dissatisfaction, stating Raina had "taken the court for a ride" and labeled them "self-styled youth icons," ordering them to either file a compliance affidavit or deposit the fine within two weeks. The controversy stems from Allahbadia's appearance and comments on the show, and a petition by Cure SMA India Foundation alleging Raina made insensitive remarks about Spinal Muscular Atrophy treatment costs and ridiculed a disabled person, despite a November 2025 court order for Raina and other comedians to organize fundraising events for disabled individuals.

The Supreme Court has imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on Stand-up comic and YouTuber Samy Raina and four others, including Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, for failing to comply with its earlier direction.

According to the court, Samay had “taken the court for a ride” and described both of them as “self-styled youth icons.” They expressed concern over their alleged non-compliance, PTI reported.

The court has granted them two weeks to file a compliance affidavit or deposit the fine.

The controversy occurred after Ranveer Allahbadia appeared on the comedian’s YouTube channel and Show India’s Got Latent and made remarks that were deemed obscene and offensive. The remarks made on the show concerned persons with disabilities.

A Bench Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order after it was brought to their notice that Raina had not invited any disabled persons to his show, which was one of the directions given by the Court earlier, Bar and Bench reported.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Cure SMA India Foundation, accusing Raina of making insensitive remarks about the high cost of treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Raina is also alleged to have ridiculed a person with the disability.

In November 2025, Raina and the other comedians on the show were directed by the court to organise at least 2 events per month to raise funds for a corpus set up for persons with disabilities.

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