Supreme Court Pulls Up Samay Raina, Imposes Rs 3 Lakh Fine For Making False Promises

The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a Rs 3 lakh cost on comedian Samay Raina, observing that he had “taken the court for a ride” by not complying with an undertaking he had given in a case pertaining to allegedly insensitive jokes about persons with disabilities made on his show India’s Got Latent, Live Law reported.

Costs of the same amount were also imposed on four other comedians – Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, Nishant Jagadish Tanwar, Sonali Thakkar and Vipul Goyal.

The order was passed after a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was informed that Raina had not invited any persons with disabilities to his show, which was among the court’s directions in the matter, Bar and Bench reported.