The virtual hearing on 5G implementation got interrupted several times as a fan sung Juhi Chawla film songs during the hearing. While several interruptions as to when the actress will join the hearing were heard before the actress joined, a mischievous plea attender started singing ‘Ghoonghat ki aad mein dilbar ka’ when the actress did in fact join the meeting.
Background
On June 2, actress turned activist Juhi Chawla filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against the implementation of 5G technology. The actress in her statement said that she had enough reasons to believe that the radiation caused by 5G technology can be harmful to humans, animals and flora-fauna.
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Details
On Wednesday, June 2, the hearing on the 5G implementation got interrupted multiple times. At the beginning of the virtual hearing a visitor was heard asking, “where is Juhi ma’am. I can’t see her”. Later when Chawla joined the virtual hearing, an attender started singing ‘Ghonghat ki aad se Dilbar ka”, a song picturized on Juhi Chawla herself in the 1993 film Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke.
Justice Midha asks interrupting singer to “Please mute”
When the singing persisted and no identification of the interrupting singer was made, Justice J. R. Midha was forced to ask “Please mute”, and asked the staff of the virtual hearing to mute the interrupting person. Deepak Khosla, an advocate who is representation Chawla quipped, “I hope these are not distractions from the defendants.”
Singing & interrupting continues – ‘Lal Lal Hoton Pe Gori’
Despite the judge’s intervention, another interrupting singer started singing ‘Lal Lal hoton Pe Gori’ and was removed from the meeting. only to be removed from the hearing. and the court master was invoked by the Court to lock the meeting.
“Meri Banno ki Ayegi Baarat”: Hearing continues & so does interruption
Once again, the hearing continued and another singing voice interrupted the proceedings by the song “Meri Banno ki ayegi ki baarat”. Ultimately, the judge directed the issue as a contempt to the court. Justice J.R. Midha said-
“Please identify and issue contempt notice. Contact Delhi Police IT Department. We will issue notice.”
The Delhi High Court also asked its IT department to close in on the interrupting person(s) and bring them to Delhi Police for further investigation and action. The judge also asked the court master to share all the information of the disrupter with the police. It should be noted that interruptions were not only in the form of singing as one participant also flashed their phone that had a picture of Chawla.
How did random strangers get access to the virtual hearing?
One day before the hearing, Chawla posted a video on Instagram where she first reacted to how people responded to the news of her filing a plea against 5G. She laughed on the people who created memes on the situation and said-
“It’s interesting how some people can think in such strange manner.”
Further, Chawla also claimed that the leap from 4G to 5G is a big one and we all will suffer consequences of it. Claiming that everything is okay in moderation, Chawla said that even modern drugs and medicines undergo trials of “10-12 years” before they are marketed and how 5G has not seen such trials.
Concluding the video, Chawla said that this is just the beginning and that she has added the link to the virtual hearing and she hopes that people join her.
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Chawla promoted the link to the event on Twitter as well.
“If you do think this concerns you in anyway, feel free to join our first virtual hearing conducted at Delhi High Court, to be held on 2nd June, 10.45 AM onwards. Link in my bio.”, Chawla wrote.
Hum…tum aur 5G! 😁👍
If you do think this concerns you in anyway, feel free to join our first virtual hearing conducted at Delhi High Court, to be held on 2nd June, 10.45 AM onwards 🙏 Link in my bio. https://t.co/dciUrpvrq8
— Juhi Chawla (@iam_juhi) June 1, 2021
Early in the day…
Earlier in the day, the Delhi High Court asked Chawla to issue a short-note on her plea against the implementation of 5G network in India. The judge, Justice Midha, asked that the plaintiff must filed a 2-page notice by 2:30 PM and the court will initiate the hearing at 3 PM.
Verdict by Court
After the disruptions, the Delhi High Court finally asked Chawla why she filed the suit against the implementation of 5G in India without first bringing the Centre in the loop and expressing her concerns regarding the technology. Justice Midha in her verdict told Chawla, Veeresh Malik and Teena Vachani that they were to first approach the Central Government and then should have approached the Delhi High Court, if they were denied the right. Ultimately, the Delhi High Court reserved its order on the lawsuit after hearing the arguments.
