Ranveer Allahbadia moves SC against FIRs lodged over his remarks in YouTube show   

Podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging multiple FIRs lodged against him for allegedly making certain vulgar comments in a recent episode of ‘India’s Got Latent’.

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Allahbadia's remarks on parents and sex on comedian Samay Raina's YouTube show 'India's Got Latent' triggered a controversy, leading to several FIRs being lodged against him.

Advocate Abhinav Chandrachud mentioned his petition for urgent hearing before a Bench led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, saying the Assam police have summoned Allahbadia for joining the probe during the day.

However, the Bench refused to grant an urgent hearing. Noting that it’s a fresh matter, the CJI said, “I have assigned the Bench and it will come up (before a Bench) in two-three days.”

The show — which included Allahbadia, known as Beer Biceps, comedian Samay Raina and YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani — hit headlines as the panelists were seen using vulgar language.

Several FIRs were lodged against Allahbadia and others in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Assam over the alleged controversial comments under the IT Act and the BNS. The Maharashtra Cyber Department has sought removal of all episodes (total 18) of the controversial comedy show.

On Monday, an FIR was registered in Guwahati by a resident there for alleged promotion of obscenity in a publicly accessible online show. Besides Allahbadia and Raina, others named in the case lodged in Guwahati for allegedly promoting obscenity online were Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh and Apoorva Makhija.

Many political leaders, including Mahapatra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis, openly slammed Allahbadia and others for the alleged use of obscene and vulgar language in the show.

Admitting that his comments were inappropriate, Allahbadia — who was given the Disruptor of the Year award at the National Creators Award by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year — has issued a public apology.