Supreme Court slams 'oversmart' Samay Raina for making fun of proceedings in Canada, asks him to 'behave'
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Monday slammed Comedian Samay Raina for speaking about the controversy surrounding his show 'India's Got Latent' in Canada and said the young generation thinks they are "oversmart", media reports said.
Hearing a plea by YouTuberer Ranveer Allahbadia, whose crass remarks sparked a huge uproar last month on Raina's show, Justice Surya Kant said: "These young and oversmart ones think they know more than this...One of them went to Canada and spoke about all this."
Responding to this, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta said, "Yes, he (referring to Raina) went abroad and made fun of this proceeding."
"Possibly, they do not know the jurisdiction which this court enjoys," Justice Surya Kant said.
"Behave, or else we know how to deal with you," he said.
Raina, who was on a 'Samay Raina Unfiltered' tour in Canada last month, made a light-hearted comment on the controversy.
In his first remarks on stage, he joked with the crowd saying, "Thanks for paying my lawyer's fees".
A huge row broke out last month after Ranveer Allahbadia, popularly known as The BeerBiceps Guy, made crass remarks about parents and sex on Raina's show 'India's Got Latent'.
The remarks sparked massive outrage and a debate in Parliament, leading to multiple complaints against the social media personality.
During the hearing, the Supreme Court dismissed a prosecution plea seeking to cancel Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast, granting him permission to continue the show as long as it adheres to standards of morality and decency.
"He is saying there are multiple employees, so there are families whose livelihood is in question. Subject to maintaining morality and decency, if he wants to run a program, we can say he can," the court stated, reported India Today.
Allahbadia had been barred from airing any show since February 18, when the Supreme Court, while granting him interim protection from arrest, prohibited him from broadcasting content in light of multiple FIRs lodged against him in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Assam.
The FIRs were filed following his controversial remarks on the now-deleted 'India's Got Latent' show.
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