{"id":306351,"date":"2025-10-21T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=306351"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:26:45","slug":"man-seen-kissing-a-woman-during-virtual-court-hearing-is-not-a-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-seen-kissing-a-woman-during-virtual-court-hearing-is-not-a-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Man seen kissing a woman during virtual court hearing is not a judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 13-second clip, seemingly of a virtual court hearing, went viral after it showed a man in legal attire kissing a woman. Social media users sharing the video claimed that the man was a judge selected by the collegium &#8212; a system through which senior judges recommend appointments and transfers of other judges in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On October 15, X user @<\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">arunpudur<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared the video, alleging that a judge selected by the collegium was \u201ccaught in 4k\u201d exploiting a worker. (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/yZv49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd22 CAUGHT IN 4k<\/p>\n<p>Collegium selected Judge forgot he was live and sexually exploiting a court worker.<\/p>\n<p>When will we get rid of this filth from our nation?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rCiuWlY11L\">pic.twitter.com\/rCiuWlY11L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arun Pudur (@arunpudur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arunpudur\/status\/1978486559566639331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the time of writing this, the post garnered over 300,000 views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Readers should note that Alt News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=site%3Aaltnews.in+%22%40arunpudur%22&amp;sca_esv=1c2cd5bb0b93bb44&amp;ei=PKfzaMP1HNqcseMP3oyTkAQ&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjDg8rU_a2QAxVaTmwGHV7GBEIQ4dUDCBE&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=site%3Aaltnews.in+%22%40arunpudur%22&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHHNpdGU6YWx0bmV3cy5pbiAiQGFydW5wdWR1ciJInmFQ41xY41xwA3gAkAEAmAGRAaABkQGqAQMwLjG4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQGYAgCgAgCYAwCIBgGSBwCgBwyyBwC4BwDCBwDIBwA&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked<\/a> several false claims peddled by this X user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another X user, Shonee Kapoor (@ShoneeKapoor), shared the video clip with a sarcastic remark: \u201cWelcome to Digital India Justice\u201d. (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/f1u0G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to Digital India Justice \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Court is online\u2026 but judge forgot it\u2019s LIVE! \u2620\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>When tech meets tradition<br \/>\n\u2014 and the camera off button loses the case! \ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1GbfOFQ6w7\">pic.twitter.com\/1GbfOFQ6w7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ShoneeKapoor (@ShoneeKapoor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShoneeKapoor\/status\/1978397171037741541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The post was viewed 2.9 million times at the time of writing this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other users shared the clip with similar claims:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-306351 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-seen-kissing-a-woman-during-virtual-court-hearing-is-not-a-judge\/pasted-image-39\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-9.png 686w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-9-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-seen-kissing-a-woman-during-virtual-court-hearing-is-not-a-judge\/pasted-image-2-33\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-2-1.png 686w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-2-1-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-seen-kissing-a-woman-during-virtual-court-hearing-is-not-a-judge\/pasted-image-3-31\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-3-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-3-2.png 448w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-3-2-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/man-seen-kissing-a-woman-during-virtual-court-hearing-is-not-a-judge\/pasted-image-9-15\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-9-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-9-1.png 686w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-9-1-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact Check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We noticed that the viral video was a recording of a live hearing. Apart from the man, the hearing window had another participant whose camera was not switched on. Their username was displayed as \u201cCourt of HMJ Jyoti Singh\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/delhihighcourt.nic.in\/web\/Judges\/justice-jyoti-singh#:~:text=degree%20from%20Campus%20Law%20Centre,Court%20of%20Delhi%20and%20Tribunals.&amp;text=Was%20a%20member%20of%20Delhi,workshops%20organised%20by%20the%20Committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Jyoti Singh<\/a> is a women judge at the Delhi High Court. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, that made it clear that the man kissing a woman during the virtual hearing was not a judge. The proceeding was led by a woman judge named Jyoti Singh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-306355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-4-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1167\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-4-2-1.jpg 1167w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-4-2-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-4-2-1-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/10\/Pasted-image-4-2-1-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1167px) 100vw, 1167px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A relevant keyword search led us to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barandbench.com\/news\/fact-check-viral-video-of-delhi-high-court-virtual-hearing-is-of-lawyer-not-judge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bar and Bench<\/a>. According to this, the clip was from a virtual hearing on October 14, 2025. The report corroborated that the man in question was a lawyer, not a judge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is also worth noting that X user Arun Pudur (@arunpudur) tried to target the collegium system through the incident by highlighting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that the individual was a judge chosen by the collegium. Several sections of pro-BJP social media users often criticise the collegium. BJP leaders have been opposing this model for judicial appointments for a while.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The BJP government even sought to replace the collegium system with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scobserver.in\/journal\/why-did-the-sc-strike-down-the-njac-act-in-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC)<\/a>, comprising a six-member body including judges, the law minister, and two \u201ceminent persons\u201d to recommend judicial appointments. It was struck down by the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judge Case in 2015.\u00a0 4:1 majority, stating the NJAC \u201cviolated the basic structure of the Constitution\u201d by compromising judicial independence. The inclusion of \u201ceminent persons\u201d and the executive\u2019s role, including the law minister and administrative control, would open the door to political influence in judicial selections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To sum up, claims that the man seen kissing a woman during a virtual hearing is a judge are false; they seem to be an attempt to malign the judiciary appointment system. According to our fact check, the judge for that session was Justice Jyoti Singh of the Delhi high court and the man seen in the viral video is a lawyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 13-second clip, seemingly of a virtual court hearing, went viral after it showed a man in legal attire kissing a woman. 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