Judgment

Ms. Harpreet Kaur Jeewan, J.

A reference has been received from the learned Single Judge to determine the following question:

“whether the unauthorized recording of the Court proceedings would amount to a criminal contempt?”

2. During the Court proceedings in CR-5878-2019 (O&M) titled as Ravjot Singh and another Vs. Amarpal Singh and others , the learned Single Judge observed that respondent-Ravjot Singh, Rohit Kumar Baggan and Gurvinder Singh were recording the Court proceedings on their mobile phones. Respondent-Ravjot Singh is one of the petitioner in the aforesaid civil revision and remaining two persons were stated to be his employees. The learned Single Judge got examined one of the mobile phone and found that live videography of the Court proceedings was recorded. The second mobile phone was also having a clip of Court’s videography though not related to said Bench. However, the third mobile phone could not be opened. The learned Single Judge observed that the occurrence is to be treated with extreme seriousness and would deem to be contempt of the Court, besides it also amounts to the obstruction in administration of justice. It was also observed that though under Se