Proceedings before the Delhi High Court were disrupted on Wednesday after explicit and objectionable content was displayed during a virtual hearing, raising concerns over cybersecurity vulnerabilities and the resilience of digital court infrastructure.
The incident occurred before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia while the Court was dealing with matters from its supplementary cause list.
During the proceedings, an unidentified individual gained unauthorised access to the virtual courtroom and misused the screen-sharing feature to stream obscene material. The participant logged in under a suspicious identity, suggesting impersonation and a breach of access-control protocols within the video-conferencing system.
The court staff immediately terminated the session to contain the disruption. However, when proceedings resumed, the same individual re-entered and repeated the act, indicating a systemic lapse in authentication safeguards and session security. The hearing had to be suspended multiple times due to repeated interference.
At one stage, an unidentified voice suggested a possible external cyber intrusion, indicating that the platform may have been compromised by a hacking attempt originating from outside India. As a precautionary measure, the Court again halted proceedings.
The session was later restored with enhanced safeguards, including locking participant access and disabling audio & video transmission from the Court’s end to preserve procedural integrity.
Following the incident, the High Court administration initiated legal action by filing a complaint with the cybercrime division of the Delhi Police IFSO Unit. A preliminary inquiry has been initiated to examine offences relating to unauthorised access, data breach, and obstruction of judicial proceedings under applicable cyber and penal laws.
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