SC quashes FIRs against comedian Samay Raina, others for jokes about persons with disability
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The Supreme Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against comedian Samay Raina and four others in connection with allegedly insensitive remarks about persons with disabilities on the comedy show India’s Got Latent, Live Law reported.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order after noting that Raina and the other respondents had complied with directions to conduct awareness programmes and raise funds for persons with disabilities.
The other respondents are comedians Vipul Goyal, Sonali Thakkar and Nishant Jagdish Tanwar, along with Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, owner of the comedy venue The Habitat.
The court praised their efforts to organise programmes for persons with disabilities.
“Once there are genuine efforts, positive results are bound to be there,” Hindustan Times quoted the bench as saying. “They are very bright youngsters. If they have started working in a positive direction, there will be positive output.”
The respondents had organised a chess tournament for persons with disabilities from March 14 to 16, Live Law reported.
They had also proposed four additional fundraising shows. The court noted that logistical difficulties prevented specific arrangements to invite persons with disabilities to those events, but the respondents expressed their willingness to involve people with spinal muscular atrophy and provide financial support.
The court also noted that constructive discussions...