In the annals of embarrassing moments in Zoom lawyering, this isn’t the worst, though it might be the most high profile. Kshatrashal Raj, a lawyer from the Patna High Court decided to grab some lunch when he thought the call was either over or taking a break. Unfortunately for him, he failed to turn off his camera during the call with India’s Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta.
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The hungry lawyer apparently muted his own headphones though and warnings by other participants in the call failed to get his attention. Eventually, the Solicitor General himself decided to call poor Raj and let him know what was up. The 3 seconds between answering the phone and pure terror setting in are absolutely priceless. Mehta approached it with good humor, beckoning for Raj to “send it over” in Hindi.
Again, it’s not like accidentally responding to a judge with “sneaky bitch” or straight up having sex on camera during a hearing, it’s perfectly innocent if embarrassing to start gobbling down lunch while talking to one of the nation’s top legal officials.
At least there’s only a billion or so people watching this on repeat right now.
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