A group of college students disrupted the judicial proceedings in the Madras High Court on Friday by logging into the virtual court in large numbers and creating chaos in their anxiety to know the outcome of cases filed against cancellation of arrear examinations. The judges found it very difficult to conduct regular court proceedings because of disturbance caused by the students who had failed to mute their microphones. After warning the students of stern action, the judges logged out and directed the host to remove all unnecessary participants. While some of the students pleaded with the judges to not interfere with the cancellation of arrear examinations, others used the virtual medium to hold casual chats with each other. The confusion created by the students led to delay in commencing the regular court proceedings and consequently the cases against cancellation of the arrear examinations did not reach till the end of the day.

Source: The Hindu November 20, 2020 21:41 UTC