India, Aug. 25 -- The Supreme Court's stringent order to five social media influencers or comedians - Samay Raina being the most prominent of them - to apologise for their "insensitive" jokes has sparked concern curiosity about who they are and what the matter is.

Besides Samay Raina, other covered by the SC order are Vipul Goyal, Balraj Ghai, Nishant Tanwar, and Sonali Thakker aka Sonali Aditya Desai.

The petitioners mentioned a number of their utterances as examples for why they should be censured.

Samay Raina, who is in his late 20s, is essentially known as a stand-up comedian who puts his work out on YouTube besides doing live shows. Performing in Hindi tinged with everyday English, he became well-known after he won a contest calle...