Mobile rings during hearing, complaing lodged against court clerk

Cities Express India reports that a court clerc's cell phone rang while an important case was being discussed in the metropolitan court in India. The court clerc, Hasmukh Patel, was surfing through his ringtones.

"A non-cognisable offence has been registered against clerk Hasmukh Patel under Section 116 of the Bombay Police Act for interruption/ disturbance caused during court proceedings.

Several non-cognisable offences have been registered against mobile users by various courts. Recently, a complainant in one of the cases was asked to pay Rs 900 ($20) as fine after his phone started ringing in court. Twenty-four courts have registered 50-odd such cases in the past six months."

emily | 9:30 AM | News, Buzz |
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