Ranveer Allahbadia police case Highlights: SC to hear plea against FIRs tomorrow

The Supreme Court will hear Ranveer Allahbadia's plea against FIRs tomorrow. He has sought the consolidation of multiple FIRs filed against him.

YouTuber Gaurav Taneja, aka Flying Beast, had previously criticised Ranveer Allahbadia for his remarks on India's Got Latent. Now, he has weighed in on the ongoing controversy, saying he feels Ranveer is being unfairly targeted and singled out for criticism. Read more

Maharashtra Police's cyber cell asks Ranveer Allahbadia to join questioning on February 24, say officials.

Comedian Gaurav Kapoor shared a video from his recent stand-up show where he addressed the raging controversy. He believed that Ranveer was too quick with his apology. He began by talking about how every comedian is being asked to cancel shows by their organisers to avoid threats to their security but Gaurav seems unfazed by it. Read more

An old video of comedian Samay Raina allegedly mocking a child who had a rare disease, has gone viral on social media, amid the India's Got Latent controversy.

Speaking to news agency ANI, actor Sahil Salathia, who appeared in the movie ‘Panipat,’ said, “It's unfortunate, but our literacy rate is not very high. If you use a lot of foul language, you're going to get views. If you do clickbait and use big names, you're going to get views. If you bring people on a show and zalil karo (insult/humiliate) them, you're going to get views because people enjoy that.”

As creators, whether we are artists, actors, musicians, or designers, we all have a sense of responsibility. So I don't like it when people say, 'I'm not responsible. I got my check. I'm popular.' No, you are responsible. A lot of kids and young people look up to you. Even if they don't idolize you, they still pick up certain habits from you. That's why people put you on a pedestal. You have to be more responsible," he added.

Rapper Badshah, who at his recent concert in Vadodara backed Samay Raina, is getting trolled on social media for supporting the comedian.

Badshah voiced his support for Raina as he shouted "Free Samay Raina" at the end of his concert, prompting cheers from the spectators.

The video went viral on social media with a section of netizens criticising the rapper, who appeared as a guest on one of the episodes of "India's Got Latent", for his stance.

The National Commission for Women issued a new hearing date after none of the accused appeared today, reported ANI.

Ranveer Allahbadia, Apoorva Mukhija, Ashish Chanchlani, Tushar Poojari and Saurabh Bothra summoned on March 6. Samay Raina, Jaspreet Singh and Balraj Ghai summoned on March 11.

According to the Maharashtra cyber cell, YouTuber Samay Raina requested to record his statement through video conferencing as he is outside the country right now. However, Maharashtra Cyber Cell refused to grant any relief to him and said that he will have to record his statement in person. Samay Raina has been called tomorrow, 18th February, to record his statement, reported news agency ANI.

YouTuber Samay Raina and social media influencer Apoorva Mukhija are set to appear before the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday via video conferencing following the ongoing controversy surrounding an episode of Raina’s popular show 'India’s Got Latent'. Read more.

Comedian Samay Raina has till March 10 to appear before the Mumbai police in a probe related to podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia's controversial remarks on YouTube show 'India's Got Latent', PTI had reported on Saturday.

Senior advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, son of former chief justice of India DY Chandrachud, is representing YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia in the Supreme Court over multiple FIRs filed against him for controversial remarks made during a recent episode of Samay Raina’s show ‘India’s Got Latent’. Click here to read more about him.

Samay Raina is the brain behind the YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’, his YouTube version of the popular reality show ‘India’s Got Talent’. In Samay’s show, contestants from across India come to showcase their talent, or sometimes rather lack of it, on the stage. This is then followed by a grilling session by the judges present on the panel, which includes Samay himself and the guests he invites to the show.

The contestants, instead of competing with each other, have to actually be just self-aware in order to win. The unique scoring system of the show includes giving oneself a score, and if it matches the average of the scores that the jury panel gives, the contestant wins a cash prize.

Through a post on his social media accounts on February 15, Ranveer Allahbadia said that he is receiving death threats and his mother's clinic was invaded by people posing as patients. He again apologised for his remarks through the post and said he has full faith in the judicial system of India.

Internet personality Tehseen Poonawala, who also refers to himself as a ‘political analyst’, came in defence of the YouTube show, calling the outrage an attack on freedom of speech.

Appearing on Mirror Now as a guest last week, Tehseen Poonawala said that while the Parliament is united on a “social media” issue, “a convicted rapist is out every time there’s an election in this country. No one in the Parliament chooses to react on it.”

“Cracking a bad joke is just that, a bad joke, and the punishment to it is self-censorship, self-regulation, that isn’t violence. Ranveer cracked a bad joke, it may have offended someone’s sensibilities but it didn’t cause violence,” said Poonawala.

Ranveer Allahbadia approached the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the consolidation of multiple first information reports (FIRs) filed against him over allegedly obscene remarks made during his guest appearance on the YouTube show India’s Got Latent.

Senior advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, representing Allahbadia, mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, requesting an urgent hearing. Chandrachud emphasised that the plea had been filed under Article 32 of the Constitution.

CJI Khanna noted that a hearing date had already been scheduled. When Chandrachud expressed concerns about a possible arrest by the Assam Police, CJI Khanna remained non-committal, reiterating that he does not permit oral mentioning. In the petition, Allahbadia has requested protection from arrest.