The Supreme Court yesterday slammed comedian Samay Raina and YouTubers Ranveer Allahbadia and Ashish Chanchlani for not complying with its order, observing that they are self-styled youth icons.

 

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order after it was informed that Raina had not invited any disabled persons to his show, according to its earlier order. The bench said that they have no reason to doubt that Samay Raina has taken the court for a ride, and he is in brazen violation of statements or undertakings given before the court.

 

The top court was hearing a plea filed by Cure SMA India Foundation alleging that Raina made insensitive remarks over the high cost of treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy and also allegedly ridiculed a person with such a disability. The plea flagged jokes made by “India’s Got Latent” host Samay Raina and other social media influencers Vipun Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, Sonali Thakkar and Nishant Jagdish Tanwar.