Samay Raina gets last laugh as SC quashes all FIRs against him
Aug 16, 2026 • Sidrah Gohar • Court Notices / Legal Notices
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The Supreme Court on Friday, August 14, cancelled all FIRs filed against standup comedian Samay Raina and four others over allegedly insensitive remarks against persons with disabilitiesRaina, along with Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai and Sonali Thakkar, and fellow comedians Vipun Goyal and Nishant Jagdish Tanwar, were booked for their remarks on his show India’s Got Latent.
The apex court had pulled up Raina over the quality of jokes on the show, directing him to organise awareness programmes and raise funds for persons with disabilities.The petition filed by Cure SMA India Foundation said that on his show, Raina had made insensitive remarks over the high cost of treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, while mocking a person with the disability.
The plea had gone on to pinpoint jokes made during a particular episode that featured Goyal, Ghai, Thakkar, and Tanwar.