HC raps official for loud ringtone

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat High Court has ordered disciplinary action against a bureaucrat after his mobile phone rang inside the court room and disturbed proceedings on Tuesday.
    A single judge bench of Justice R R Tripathi ordered the settlement commissioner to initiate action against D P Jethva, Surat city survey superintendent. The order came after the court observed that the officer was reluctant to even offer an apology. In an order made available on Tuesday, Justice Tripathi said: "The volume of his mobile was so loud that when it rang, it disturbed the court, except the owner of the phone."
    The judge also said that there were seven displays in the court room asking people to either switch off their phones or put it on silent mode. When asked about any rules framed in this regard, government counsel P K Jani said that the court had the power to order punitive action.