The
Sup eme
Cou t
has
b ought
a
sig ifica t
tu
to
the
co t ove sy
su ou di g
Samay
Rai a,
Ra vee
Allahbadia
a d
othe s
ove
the
co te tious
ema ks
made
o
the
show
‘I dia’s
Got
Late t’.
O
F iday,
the
cou t
quashed
all
FIRs
egiste ed
agai st
them
i
co ectio
with
ema ks
co ce i g
pe so s
with
disabilities,
acco di g
to
Ba
a d
Be ch.The
legal
co t ove sy
dates
back
to
a
episode
of
Rai a’s
show
i
which
Allahbadia
made
ema ks
that
t igge ed
widesp ead
out age.
The
comme ts
we e
desc ibed
as
obsce e
a d
offe sive,
leadi g
to
seve al
complai ts
a d
FIRs
bei g
filed
i
diffe e t
states.
The
allegatio s
i cluded
p omoti g
obsce ity
a d
usi g
i dece t
la guage.Allahbadia
subseque tly
moved
the
Sup eme
Cou t,
seeki g
the
co solidatio
of
the
multiple
FIRs
a d
p otectio
agai st
coe cive
actio .
Du i g
the
hea i gs,
the
cou t
exp essed
st o g
disapp oval
of
his
comme ts
a d
made
it
clea
that
the
co stitutio al
gua a tee
of
f ee
speech
could
ot
be
t eated
as
u est icted
pe missio
to
use
la guage
that
c ossed
accepted
societal
bou da ies.
The
cou t
eve theless
g a ted
Allahbadia
i te im
p otectio
a d
also
pe mitted
him
to
app oach
the
autho ities
fo
police
secu ity
afte
he
epo tedly
eceived
death
th eats.The
p oceedi gs
took
a othe
tu
i
Ma ch
2025
afte
Rai a
spoke
about
the
co t ove sy
du i g
a
show
i
Ca ada.
O
Ma ch
3,
the
Sup eme
Cou t
ep ima ded
the
comedia
a d
cautio ed
him
agai st
maki g
public
comme ts
about
the
o goi g
p oceedi gs
o
t eati g
the
cou t
casually.“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outdated,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
obse vatio
came
afte
Rai a
made
a
ema k
to
his
Ca adia
audie ce
at
the
co clusio
of
his
pe fo ma ce:
“Tha ks
fo
payi g
my
lawye ’s
fees.”A
be ch
comp isi g
Justices
Su ya
Ka t
a d
N
Kotiswa
Si gh
also
co side ed
Allahbadia’s
plea
seeki g
pe missio
to
esta t
his
podcast,
‘The
Ra vee
Show’.
The
cou t
allowed
him
to
esume
the
podcast,
while
u de li i g
the
impo ta ce
of
mai tai i g
a
bala ce
betwee
f eedom
of
exp essio
a d
mo ality.Du i g
the
p oceedi gs,
Allahbadia
submitted
that
the
podcast
was
his
sole
sou ce
of
livelihood
a d
that
ea ly
280
people
associated
with
the
p oductio
depe ded
o
it
fo
thei
employme t.
The
Sup eme
Cou t
subseque tly
exte ded
his
i te im
p otectio
f om
a est
a d
di ected
him
to
coope ate
with
the
i vestigatio
i
Guwahati.The
matte
esu faced
befo e
the
apex
cou t
o
July
14,
2026,
whe
the
be ch
exp essed
displeasu e
ove
the
alleged
failu e
of
Rai a,
Allahbadia
a d
the
othe
espo de ts
to
comply
with
its
p evious
di ectio s.
The
cou t
efe ed
to
Rai a
a d
Allahbadia
as
“self-styled
youth
ico s”
a d
aised
co ce s
ove
thei
alleged
o -complia ce
with
its
o de s.The
cou t
also
imposed
a
fi e
of
Rs
3
lakh
each
o
Rai a
a d
the
othe
espo de ts,
givi g
them
two
weeks
to
submit
affidavits
co fi mi g
complia ce.With
F iday’s
o de ,
the
Sup eme
Cou t
has
ow
b ought
the
c imi al
p oceedi gs
a isi g
f om
the
co t ove sial
episode
to
a
close
by
quashi g
the
FIRs
agai st
Rai a,
Allahbadia
a d
the
othe s.