NEW DELHI: Terming it an “abuse of process of law”, the Delhi high court on Friday said actor Juhi Chawla filed her plea for “publicity”, slapping a cost of Rs 20 lakh while dismissing her suit against roll out of 5G network in India.
Justice J R Midha slammed Chawla and her co-plaintiffs for filing a “defective” plea and for wasting the court’s time and said the cost will be used to help road accident victims.
The HC also took a dim view of Chawla’s conduct to gain publicity where she posted the link for online hearing of court proceedings on her social media profiles, saying it resulted in repeated interruptions by unknown persons. On Wednesday, during the first hearing an anonymous intruder had disturbed court proceedings by singing some of the songs of the actress thrice after some interval. When the court staff removed the person he kept joining under different ID to interrupt till the time the proceedings were locked.
The court issued contempt notices against the unknown person/persons and asked the Delhi Police to identify them. It faulted Chawla’s suit on alleged health hazards due to the 5G technology for being “stuffed with unnecessary, scandalous and frivolous averments”.
Justice J R Midha slammed Chawla and her co-plaintiffs for filing a “defective” plea and for wasting the court’s time and said the cost will be used to help road accident victims.
The HC also took a dim view of Chawla’s conduct to gain publicity where she posted the link for online hearing of court proceedings on her social media profiles, saying it resulted in repeated interruptions by unknown persons. On Wednesday, during the first hearing an anonymous intruder had disturbed court proceedings by singing some of the songs of the actress thrice after some interval. When the court staff removed the person he kept joining under different ID to interrupt till the time the proceedings were locked.
The court issued contempt notices against the unknown person/persons and asked the Delhi Police to identify them. It faulted Chawla’s suit on alleged health hazards due to the 5G technology for being “stuffed with unnecessary, scandalous and frivolous averments”.
