Comedian Samay Raina's troubles increased; Supreme Court will now consider hearing in this case
Comedian Samay Raina: Comedian Samay Raina is constantly in the headlines these days. Now the Supreme Court has agreed to hear another case.
Comedian and host of 'India's Got Latent' Samay Raina is facing a new controversy. The Supreme Court said on Monday that it is going to examine a plea in which Samay Raina is accused of mocking people with disabilities, particularly visually impaired individuals and individuals with rare diseases, such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
The bench of Justice Suryakant and N Kotishwar Singh termed the matter serious and asked senior advocate Aparajita Singh of the NGO 'Cure SMA Foundation of India' to file a formal petition. The court said, "This is a serious issue. You file a writ petition. We will see what can be done." The court also clarified that such cases can be widely considered in a writ petition.
'Cure SMA Foundation of India' has asked the court to make guidelines for online content. The NGO says that strict rules are necessary to stop derogatory and degrading content against the disabled, their diseases, and treatment. The NGO clarified that it does not want to ban all content, but only wants to curb such content that insults the disabled.
