NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday proposed to reduce from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 2 lakh the costs imposed on actress Juhi Chawla and two others if she agreed to pitch in for a good cause, considering that she has presence in public.
The cost had been imposed by a single judge of the high court while dismissing her plea against 5G roll out.
Chawla’s counsel, senior advocate Salman Khurshid, on her instructions, consented to the court’s suggestion which came during the hearing of an appeal against the order dismissing her lawsuit.
A bench issued notice to the Delhi State Legal Services Authority secretary, seeking his response on the appeal and listed the matter for further hearing on January 27. Khurshid submitted that if the cost amount could be waived, they could go back to pursue the cause. “We will not waive the cost completely but we can reduce it substantially from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 2 lakh. But that comes with a condition. Considering your client is a celebrity and has a presence in public, she should do some public work also….,” the bench said.