Mumbai’s Habitat Comedy Club vandalised over Kunal Kamra’s joke on Eknath Shinde

State: Maharashtra

Year: 2025

Date: March 25, 2025

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https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/first-up/video/mumbais-habitat-comedy-club-vandalised-over-kunal-kamras-joke-on-eknath-shinde-2698047-2025-03-24

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Mumbai police have registered an FIR against 19-20 vandals who attacked a comedy club over a joke about Eknath Shinde by Kunal Kamra. Charges include assault on public servants, unlawful assembly, and rioting. The Habitat Comedy Club has temporarily shut down citing safety concerns.

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Updated On: March 29, 2025

3 more FIRs filed against Kamra; Uddhav group seeks Central security for comedian

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Three separate cases have been filed against Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra. File | Photo Credit: X/@kunalkamra

Three more FIRs have been filed in Maharashtra against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra over his alleged derogatory remarks against Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

A police official said the FIRs from different locations have been transferred to the Khar police station. One FIR was filed in Jalgaon and two were filed in Nashik under Sections 353(1)(b), 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief), and 356(2) (defamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/more-trouble-for-kunal-kamra-three-cases-filed-against-him-in-mumbai/article69389935.ece

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Updated On: March 31, 2025

Kunal Kamra gets interim anticipatory bail from Madras High Court

Justice Sunder Mohan orders notice, returnable by April 7, to Khar police in Mumbai on the comedian’s main plea for inter State anticipatory bail and grants interim advance bail till then

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kunal-kamra-case-madras-high-court-extends-his-interim-anticipatory-bail-till-april-17/article69422378.ece

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Updated On: April 25, 2025

Relief for Kunal Kamra: Bombay HC grants comedian protection from arrest in ‘traitor’ jibe case

Kamra, in his plea, had stated that he was a resident of Tamil Nadu and was apprehensive about coming to Maharashtra due to the death threats. The Bombay high court on Friday granted protection to stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra from arrest, while ordering that the probe can continue in the case over ‘traitor’ jibe at Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde.

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/relief-for-kunal-kamra-bombay-hc-grants-comedian-protection-from-arrest-in-traitor-jibe-case-101745559946367.html

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