Overview

• On June 30, a division bench of Justices A S Supehia and R T Vachhani registered suo motu contempt proceedings against Abdul Samad for joining a June 20 hearing from a toilet.
• The bench instructed the HC Registry to issue a contempt notice and list the matter for hearing within two weeks.
• Justices Supehia and Vachhani ordered the immediate deletion of the viral video they said had tarnished the court’s image.
• The court directed its Registrar of Information Technology to propose technical safeguards to block disruptive participants in livestreamed proceedings.
• Earlier in March, the Gujarat High Court fined another litigant Rs 2 lakh and imposed community service for similar virtual court misconduct.