<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly objected to a shirtless man popping up on the screen for a brief period during a video conference hearing of a case.</p>.<p>A bench presided over by Justice L Nageswara Rao expressed displeasure over the incident.</p>.<p>The court rued that such things were happening even after seven to eight months of virtual hearings, introduced in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>"What is this behaviour," Justice Rao asked as the bench, also comprising Justice Hemant Gupta, was to take up a suo motu case connected with the spread of Covid-19 in child protection homes.</p>.<p>Since March, the top court has been taking up cases virtually. Several incidents had since then occurred wherein lawyers were dressed inappropriately during virtual hearings.</p>.<p>On October 26, in a shocker for Supreme Court Judges, a lawyer had appeared on screen shirtless for a few seconds when the court was hearing a plea in connection with Sudarshan TV programme.</p>.<p>The bench had then termed the incident as "very inappropriate" and asked the counsel to be careful.</p>.<p>Earlier, a woman lawyer had joined the virtual proceedings while wearing a face pack.</p>.<p>In another incident, Justice S K Kaul had to caution a lawyer who appeared in "improper clothes" and was "lounging on the bed" while he went onscreen for the hearing.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly objected to a shirtless man popping up on the screen for a brief period during a video conference hearing of a case.</p>.<p>A bench presided over by Justice L Nageswara Rao expressed displeasure over the incident.</p>.<p>The court rued that such things were happening even after seven to eight months of virtual hearings, introduced in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>"What is this behaviour," Justice Rao asked as the bench, also comprising Justice Hemant Gupta, was to take up a suo motu case connected with the spread of Covid-19 in child protection homes.</p>.<p>Since March, the top court has been taking up cases virtually. Several incidents had since then occurred wherein lawyers were dressed inappropriately during virtual hearings.</p>.<p>On October 26, in a shocker for Supreme Court Judges, a lawyer had appeared on screen shirtless for a few seconds when the court was hearing a plea in connection with Sudarshan TV programme.</p>.<p>The bench had then termed the incident as "very inappropriate" and asked the counsel to be careful.</p>.<p>Earlier, a woman lawyer had joined the virtual proceedings while wearing a face pack.</p>.<p>In another incident, Justice S K Kaul had to caution a lawyer who appeared in "improper clothes" and was "lounging on the bed" while he went onscreen for the hearing.</p>
