Man in soup for filming in court

The HC has asked A Venkatesan, working as an Assistant Section Officer in Home (P&E) department, Secretariat, as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for recording court proceedings on his mobile phone on Thursday. During the course of arguments on a habeas corpus writ plea,Venkatesan was seen recording the proceedings in the court hall of Justice KN Basha and N Paul Vasanthakumar and was caught red handed. During enquiry, he told the judges that he had just come to the hall for watching the proceedings and he was not summoned. “Hence, he is called upon to explain as to why action for contempt of court proceedings could not be initiated against him,’’ the bench said and posted the matter  to Oct 5.