Unfunny, but not criminally soThe Supreme Court's censure of comedians for insensitive jokes has sparked debate on freedom of expression versus the dignity of life. Whil...
26 Aug, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
India's Got Latent row: SC orders Samay Raina, others to apologise on social media for ridiculing disabled personsThe Supreme Court has ordered social media influencers, including Samay Raina, to issue public apologies. This is for mocking disabled indi...
25 Aug, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
“I support Mohak Mangal”: Comedian Samay Raina’s remarks outside Supreme Court go viralComedian Samay Raina, embroiled in controversy over alleged mockery of individuals with disabilities on his show 'India’s Got Latent,' appe...
16 Jul, 2025, 05.23 PM IST
Right to dignity will trump Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression: SCThe Supreme Court on Tuesday orally observed that Article 21—right to life and dignity—will take precedence over Article 19, which ensures ...
15 Jul, 2025, 11.41 PM IST
India’s Got Latent row: Samay Raina appears before NCW; here is all you need to knowYouTuber Samay Raina was summoned by the NCW in connection with allegedly offensive content aired during his show India's Got Latent. At th...
15 Jul, 2025, 09.24 PM IST
Hate speech can't be wrongly seen as fundamental right: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court stated that hate speech is not a fundamental right. The court will limit any freedom that facilitates demeaning speech. J...
05 May, 2025, 11.50 PM IST
Apoorva Mukhija, aka 'The Rebel Kid' deletes all posts from Instagram after 'Latent row'Social media influencer Apoorva Mukhija, known as The Rebel Kid, deleted all her Instagram posts and unfollowed everyone after a controvers...
02 Apr, 2025, 02.41 PM IST
India's Got Latent Row: SC to consider Ranveer Allahbadia's plea for passport release after two weeksThe Supreme Court of India will consider Ranveer Allahbadia's petition for the release of his passport after two weeks, in light of the ong...
01 Apr, 2025, 03.56 PM IST
From AIB roast to Ranveer Allahbadia's viral comment: Times when comedians found themselves in courtroomsYouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia faced backlash over inappropriate comments on parents and sex, leading to FIRs against him and others. The Supr...
18 Feb, 2025, 09.30 PM IST
CJI Chandrachud recuses from hearing contempt plea against Kunal KamraOn January 29, 2021, Kamra in his affidavit had defended his tweets against judiciary, saying India would be reduced to a "country of incar...
06 Jan, 2023, 12.09 AM IST
SC to take up contempt plea against comic artist Kunal Kamra after 4 weeksKamra in his reply had defended the alleged scandalous tweets against the judiciary, saying India would be reduced to a "country of incarce...
22 Feb, 2021, 02.25 PM IST
Supreme Court orders enough, no calls made to free Munawar Faruqui: SourcesConstitutional courts -- high courts and the SC-- have enough powers of contempt and can enforce their orders on the judicial side should t...
09 Feb, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
Supreme Court grants interim bail to comedian Munawar FaruquiThe Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui, who had challenged the Madhya Pradesh High Court order, which...
05 Feb, 2021, 12.12 PM IST
Kamra doesn’t apologise to SC; says constitutional, judicial offices not immune from jokesIn his affdaivit Kamra goes on to say “To believe any institution of power in a democracy is beyond criticism is like saying migrants need ...
29 Jan, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
Contempt case against comic artist: SC says criticism growing, everybody doing it nowA bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah was informed by advocate Nishant Kanteshwarkar that the comedian's reply has been...
29 Jan, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
SC issues show-cause notices to Kunal Kamra, Rachita Taneja in contempt casesThe Supreme Court issued show-cause notices to comedian Kunal Kamra and comic artist Rachita Taneja on Friday for their alleged scandalous ...
18 Dec, 2020, 09.35 PM IST
Parliamentary panel grills Twitter over 'obscene' tweets by Kunal Kamra targeting SC, CJIA parliamentary committee questioned Twitter on Thursday over the recent "obscene" tweets by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra targeting the Su...
19 Nov, 2020, 05.11 PM IST