The High Court of Karnataka ordered the retrieval of electronic data of a video conference hearing on November 30, after a senior advocate complained that a man was seen semi-naked for nearly 20 minutes, when the court was concerned about the CD scam. Was hearing a PIL in which the former minister was involved. Ramesh Jarkiholi.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for the woman who filed the sexual assault case against Mr Jarkiholi, pointed out to a division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magdum that a semi-naked man was visible on the screen. Video conferencing of court proceedings.
He told that the person who had registered his name as ‘Sridhar Bhatt SDMC Ujire’ can be seen taking a bath. Complaining that her conduct amounted to ‘gross contempt of court’, Ms Jaising said she would send digital evidence to the court to take appropriate action against the person.
The Chief Justice asked the court official to verify the screen. But the court staff had trouble identifying the person as more than 80 persons had logged in for the hearing, which was being conducted in hybrid mode – video conference and physical presence.
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