ORDER :

P.N. PRAKASH, J.

This is a suo motu criminal contempt proceedings initiated against the respondent as per order dated 21.12.2021 passed by this Court.

2 The facts that are required for deciding this contempt petition are as under:

2.1 On 20.12.2021, a video clipping, showing the online Court proceedings of Court No.11 by one of our brother Judges, in which a male who was participating in the virtual hearing platform was found canoodling with a lady, went viral in the social media.

2.2 On the directions of the Hon'ble Chief Justice, this Bench which holds the criminal contempt portfolio, registered the present suo motu criminal contempt proceedings and issued the following directions on 21.12.2021:

The Registry shall register a suo motu criminal contempt proceedings based on the impugned video clipping and place the matter before us on the next date of hearing;

Since the impugned video clipping prima facie discloses the commission of cognizable offences under the Information Technology Act and other penal laws, the CB-CID shall register a suo motu FIR on the impugned video clipping and file a preliminary report before this Court on 23.12.2021 (Thursday) naming the dramatis personae