New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- The Supreme Court today directed comedians Samay Raina, Vipul Goyal, Balraj Ghai, Sonali Thakker, and Nishant Tanwar to use their platforms to spread awareness and raise funds for persons with disabilities, including those suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
A Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, passed the direction while hearing a plea filed by Cure SMA Foundation, which complained that Raina and others had mocked persons with disabilities in their online content.
The Court said the comedians must invite and feature specially abled persons on their platforms and allow them to share their success stories.
The Bench ordered that two such programmes should be held...