India, July 15 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped a cost of Rs.3 lakh on stand-up comedian Samay Raina and four others, pulling them up for brazenly defying an undertaking given to the court to show respect and sensitivity towards persons suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) by featuring them on their online shows.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, "You are now taking the court for a ride. If this is not arrogance, then we may have to change the definition of this term in the Oxford Dictionary."

The court had in November 2025 ordered that Raina and four other people named by the SMA Cure Foundation-a body of parents of SMA-affected people-should show remorse for their mocking people with SMA on...