Yesterday, the hearing on Juhi Chawla¡¯s challenge for the rollout of 5G networks in India was repeatedly interrupted by a random singer, in the presence of Justice JR Midha.
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The video of the hearing has gone viral where you can hear one random person sing the song ¡°Ghoonghat ki aad se¡± from Juhi Chawla¡¯s 1993 movie ¡°Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke¡±.?
Justice instantly asked for the person to go on mute. However, sometime later, someone again started singing, yet another song starring Chawla, resulting in the removal of the person from the hearing.?
However, the person perhaps managed to enter the meeting once again and this time, Justice directed that the person be identified and issued a contempt notice.
As seen from the videos going viral on social media, the platform that¡¯s being used is Cisco Webex -- a zoom-like video conferencing app. Ideally, people only who have the link to a meeting can be a part of it. But a bunch of things went wrong for this occurrence to happen.?
The Delhi High Court website that lists all the cases and hearings is public and anyone can access it. The links for the meeting are next to the case hearing details, ever since courts have gone online, during the pandemic.?
However, not many would go ahead and look for it. But it got amplified after Juhi Chawla made the link to the hearing accessible to everyone via her Twitter and Instagram. Moreover, she urged fans to join the hearing and support her cause. This resulted in every curious individual or in this case, a notorious fanboy to enter the hearing and cause a nuisance.?
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Usually, yes. I spoke to a lawyer from the Bombay High Court who stated that there¡¯s an individual from the high court who acts as a gatekeeper allowing people who have a business being a part of their hearing.?
However, it seems as if this time either the person chose to allow everyone, considering the public nature of the hearing or maybe the person mistakenly allowed someone who wasn¡¯t supposed to be there, resulting in the nuisance.?
Here¡¯s where things get tricky. Much like Zoom and some other video conferencing apps, Cisco Webex allows guest logins -- basically, individuals can join a meeting by simply entering their name and email ID and not really going through a registration process.?
This means, anyone can enter any name or email address to join a meeting. This could also be the reason why the person was able to join again even after being removed from the hearing.
While many might be finding this funny, it is also important to note that not only is it disrespectful towards someone who is trying to seek justice in the court of law, this is also a gross disrespect of the decorum of the court.
In case you¡¯re a host who conducts meetings on a regular basis using CiscoWebex or other platforms, instances like this can sound equally alarming for you.?
In case you¡¯re a Webex user, you can add another layer of security by eliminating guest logins and making sure people who join the meeting must be required to log in to the account. You can set this up by heading to https://admin.webex.com.
Next, select ¡®Services¡¯ and go to ¡®Meetings¡¯ and then go to ¡®Sites¡¯. Now, look for an option that says ¡®Configure Site¡¯.
Look for ¡®Common Settings¡¯ and then select ¡®Security¡¯ and look for an opinion ¡®Require login before site access¡¯.
Additionally, look for ¡®Security Options¡¯ under the Cisco Webex section and enable ¡®Require users to have an account when joining a phone¡¯ in both Webex Meetings and Webex Training. After this, click on Update and you¡¯re good to go.?
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This feature is also available for Zoom meetings. As a host, all you need to do is head to Account Settings from the navigation panel and click Account Management.
Look for ¡®Security¡¯ and verify the option ¡®Only authenticated users can join meetings.¡¯ next, you can click ¡®Lock¡¯ to confirm this for every meeting going forward.