SC quashes all FIRs against Samay Raina, Ranveer Allahabadia in ‘India’s Got Latent’ case

SC
quashes
all
FIRs
agai st
Samay
Rai a,
Ra vee
Allahbadia

NEW
DELHI:
The

Sup eme
Cou t
o
F iday
quashed
all
FIRs
agai st
Samay
Rai a,
Ra vee
Allahbadia
a d
othe s
i
co ectio
with
i se sitive
ema ks
made
agai st
pe so s
with
disabilities
o
the
show
I dia’s
Got
Late t,
acco di g
to
Ba
a d
Be ch.The
co t ove sy
bega
afte
Allahbadia
appea ed
o
Rai a’s
I dia’s
Got
Late t
show
a d
made
ema ks
that
we e
widely
c iticised
as
obsce e
a d
offe sive.
Multiple
complai ts
a d
FIRs
followed
ac oss
states,
with
allegatio s
i cludi g
p omotio
of
obsce ity
a d
use
of
i dece t
la guage.Allahbadia
app oached
the
Sup eme
Cou t
seeki g
co solidatio
of
the
FIRs
a d
p otectio
f om
coe cive
actio .
Du i g
the
p oceedi gs,
the
cou t
st o gly
c iticised
his
ema ks
a d
obse ved
that
f eedom
of
speech
did
ot
give
a yo e
a
lice ce
to
use
la guage
that
violated
societal
o ms.The
cou t
also
g a ted
him
i te im
p otectio
a d
allowed
him
to
seek
police
secu ity
afte
epo ts
of
death
th eats.

SC
wa s
Samay
Rai a
ove
Ca ada
ema ks

The
matte
etu ed
to
the
Sup eme
Cou t
i
Ma ch
2025
afte
Rai a
made
comme ts
about
the
case
du i g
a
show
i
Ca ada.O
Ma ch
3,
2025,
the
Sup eme
Cou t
ste ly
wa ed
Rai a
agai st
discussi g
the
p oceedi gs
publicly
a d
taki g
the
cou t
lightly.“These
you gste s
may
thi k
that
we
a e
outdated,
but
we
k ow
how
to
deal
with
them.

Do ‘t
take
the
cou t
lightly,”
Justice
Su ya
Ka t
said
du i g
the
hea i g.The
ema ks
came
afte
Rai a
joked
with
a
audie ce
i
Ca ada
at
the
e d
of
his
show,
sayi g,
“Tha ks
fo
payi g
my
lawye ’s
fees.”The
be ch
of
Justices
Su ya
Ka t
a d
N
Kotiswa
Si gh
also
co side ed
Allahbadia’s
equest
to
esume
his
podcast,
The
Ra vee
Show.
The
cou t
allowed
him
to
esume
the
podcast
while
st essi g
the
eed
to
bala ce
mo ality
with
f eedom
of
exp essio .The
cou t
took
ote
of
Allahbadia’s
submissio
that
the
podcast
was
his
o ly
sou ce
of
livelihood
a d
that
a ou d
280
people
employed
by
him
depe ded
o
the
show.The
be ch
also
exte ded
Allahbadia’s
i te im
p otectio
f om
a est
a d
di ected
him
to
joi
the
i vestigatio
i
Guwahati.

SC
aps
Rai a,
Allahbadia
ove
o -complia ce

The
case
agai
came
u de
sc uti y
o
July
14,
2026,
whe
the
Sup eme
Cou t
came
dow
heavily
o
Rai a
a d
Allahbadia
fo
allegedly
faili g
to
comply
with
its
ea lie
di ectio s.The
cou t
desc ibed
Rai a
a d
Allahbadia
as
“self-styled
youth
ico s”
a d
exp essed
se ious
co ce
ove
thei
alleged
o -complia ce
with
its
o de s.The
Sup eme
Cou t
imposed
a
fi e
of
Rs
3
lakh
each
o
Rai a
a d
the
othe
espo de ts
a d
g a ted
them
two
weeks
to
file
a
complia ce
affidavit.

“We
have
o
easo
to
doubt
that
Samay
Rai a
has
take
the
cou t
fo
a
ide.
He
is
i
b aze
violatio
of
stateme ts/
u de taki gs
give
befo e
this
cou t,”
the
cou t
said.The
CJI
also
obse ved
that
the
espo de ts
appea ed
to
believe
that
bei g
outside
I dia
placed
them
beyo d
the
cou t’s
ju isdictio .“Let
them
suffe
ow.
If
this
is
ot
a oga ce,
the
we
have
to
cha ge
the
Oxfo d
dictio a y
also,”
the
CJI
obse ved.The
July
p oceedi gs
ma ked
a othe
sha p
i te ve tio
by
the
cou t
i
the
lo g- u i g
co t ove sy,
mo ths
afte
it
had
cautio ed
Rai a
agai st
maki g
public
comme ts
about
the
case.

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