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Sameer Rehna can't easily continue his India's Got Latent season 2 without facing new legal troubles. The Supreme Court of India has just imposed a 3 lakh rupee fine on Sameer Rehna. They've called him a self-proclaimed youth icon, saying that he has taken the court for a ride and violated the court's orders while continuing his show. Now, first things first, this is not the case over the jokes that Ranveer Allahabadi made on parents on India's Got Latent. This is a different one. Last year, Sameer Rehna and four other comedians were sued by the CARE SMA Foundation for jokes about a two-month-old infant suffering from spinal muscular atrophy and for allegedly mocking blind people during his show. The Supreme Court back then had said that free speech cannot be a license to demean vulnerable communities under the guise of satire. The court ordered Samer Reina and others to apologize for these jokes. These comedians said that they would amend their insensitive jokes and they will also host special shows to showcase the achievements of persons with disabilities. But the court has fined Samer as it said that he has not invited any persons with disabilities on his show even till now. while he has already launched two episodes of his show's second season. The court has said that Same is in brazen violation of statements and undertakings given before the highest court of the country. That's not it. Chief Justice of India Suryakant also referred to Same Rehna as a self-proclaimed youth icon. The CJI also added that people think that if they are outside the country, they are beyond jurisdiction. So let them suffer now. And if this is not arrogance, then we have to change the Oxford Dictionary. The court also said that if you don't know how to mend your ways or to respect the sentiments of society members, then you have to face consequences. Sameh's lawyers, meanwhile, said that ego is not the reason behind this. They said that specially abled persons were indeed invited to the show, just not from the NGO that filed this case. They also said that Sameh's shows have raised 9 lakh rupees for persons with disabilities, in line with what the court had ordered them to do. But the court said that this looks like you're just trying to buy the complainants out. The court questioned, if you used their disability to showcase your fundamental right to have commercial speech, then what about their right to dignity? Tell us what you think about this case in the comments and follow Peak TV for more such crisp news every day. you