The online hearing of actor Juhi Chawla‘s lawsuit against the 5G installation in India was interrupted on Wednesday when a fan of hers started singing songs from her films during the session. The unknown man disrupted the hearing three times with his songs until he was removed from the session.
At the beginning of the hearing, the unidentified man first said, “Where is Juhi ma’am, I can’t see Juhi ma’am,” as per a video doing the rounds on social media. Soon after Chawla joined the virtual hearing, the man started singing Ghoonghat ki aad se dilbar ka, a popular Hindi song from the actor’s hit 1993 movie Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke.
Justice JR Midha, who was hearing the case, initially asked the court staff to mute the concerned person. While Deepak Khosla, who was appearing for Chawla, said, “I hope these are not distractions from the defendants.”
The man, however, did not stop and kept rejoining. The Court finally had to ask the court master to lock the meeting, according to Bar and Bench.
After this, the hearing went on for some time only to be again interrupted by the same person. The court then decided to direct contempt of court action. “Please identify and issue contempt notice. Contact Delhi Police IT Department. We will issue a notice,” said Justice Midha, according to the Bar and Bench.
He also directed the information technology department of the High Court to identify the person and let the Delhi Police know about his details, for necessary action.
Chawla had asked her fans and supporters to join the virtual hearing if they supported the cause. The actor had posted the hearing’s link on her Instagram account.
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On Monday, Chawla had moved the Delhi High Court against the proposal of setting up a 5G network connection in India stating that until the short-term and long-term negative impacts of the technology on human, animal, and plant life were not known, its rollout should not be approved.
However, in the hearing on Wednesday, the Court said that the plea filed by the actor was “defective and done for media publicity”, Bar and Bench reported. According to the report, the Court questioned how the plea was filed without verification when Chawla and other plaintiffs had admitted they had no personal knowledge of the issue.
The court’s order was reserved on this matter, which means discussions from both parties have been put forward and the Court will ponder on it. There will be no further hearings on the matter until there is an emergency.