New Delhi, July 14 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 14, imposed a cost of Rs 3 lakh each on comedian Samay Raina and four other comedians for failing to comply with undertakings given to the court in a case arising out of the "India's Got Latent" controversy over insensitive jokes targeting persons with disabilities, observing that Raina had "taken the court for a ride."

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana passed the order after being told that Raina had neither invited any disabled persons to his shows nor contacted the Cure SMA India Foundation, as directed earlier by the court.

The same cost was imposed on comedians Vipul Goyal, Balraj Paramjeet Singh Ghai, Sonali ...