A video showing a man attending Gujarat High Court virtual proceedings while seated on a toilet and apparently relieving himself has gone viral on the social media..The incident happened on June 20 before the Bench of Justice Nirzar S Desai. The video initially features a closeup of the man logged in as 'Samad Battery', wearing a Bluetooth earphone around his neck.He is subsequently seen keeping his phone at a distance, which reveals that he is seated on a toilet. The video further shows him cleaning himself and then moving out of the washroom. He then goes off-screen for some time and reappears in a room..According to court records, the man was appearing as a respondent in a case seeking quashing of a first information report (FIR). He was the complainant in the criminal case. Following an amicable resolution between the parties, the Court quashed the FIR. This is not the first instance of inappropriate behaviour during online court proceedings. The Gujarat High Court in April imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on a litigant who was found smoking a cigarette while appearing through video conferencing.Similarly, a Delhi court in March summoned a litigant who was seen smoking a cigarette while appearing in his case through video conference.
