Man appears semi-naked for 20 minutes in sex-scandal video hearing, Karnakata HC slaps notice
Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, December 1
The Karnataka High Court has directed the police to find out and slap a notice on a person who appeared semi-naked during a video conference.
The court also asked that the electronic data in this connection be retrieved.
Karnataka High Court hearing related to a sex-scandal case turned bizarrely awkward after a man appeared semi-naked during the video conference.
The divisional bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Sachin Shankar Magadum gave the order after senior advocate Indira Jaising, representing the victim in the sex CD case, brought this matter to the notice of the court during the hearing of the alleged sex CD scandal involving a former minister of the ruling BJP.
I confirm that a semi naked man was visible on the screen for a full 20 minutes despite my objection . I am making an official complaint for contempt of court snd sexual harassment. It’s extremely disturbing in the middle of an argument in court https://t.co/q9DAgoHze7
— Indira Jaising (@IJaising) November 30, 2021
Jaising brought to the notice of the court that the man was visible semi-naked for about 20 minutes at a time when the bench heard PILs filed in connection with the alleged sex CD scandal.
She said, “It is very offensive for a woman to see a man without clothes in a courtroom. We have a man without clothes when a woman is arguing in court? What is going on? Milords. It seems he is bathing in front of the court and before me.
The bench took the matter seriously as more than 80 people were logged into the hearing at that time.
