New Delhi: Terming it an “abuse of process of law”, the Delhi High Court on Friday said actor Juhi Chawla filed her plea for “publicity”, slapping a cost of Rs 20 lakh while dismissing her suit against roll out of 5G network in India, reports Abhinav Garg.

Justice J R Midha slammed Chawla and her co-plaintiffs for filing a “defective” plea and for wasting the court’s time and said the cost will be used to help road accident victims.

The HC took a dim view of Chawla’s conduct to gain publicity where she posted the link for online hearing of court proceedings on her social media profiles, saying it resulted in repeated interruptions by unknown persons. On Wednesday, during the first hearing an anonymous intruder had disturbed court proceedings by singing some of the popular songs of the actress thrice after some interval.