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（英会話リスニングスクリプト）
The high court in Patna, the capital of
the eastern state of Bihar, sentenced Madhu Kumar, an employee
of the state education department, to three days in jail
and fined him 1,000 rupees ($22) for keeping his phone on
when attending court.
Just as the sentence was being read out,
the judges were shocked to hear the ringing phone of a police
officer in the courtroom.
The judges ruled the policeman in contempt
of court - the same charge that Kumar faced - and gave him
until the following month to reply.
Kumar had apologized before the bench of
judges for his "misconduct", but the judges were
unmoved, telling him there were strict rules against telephones
in court and that he was lucky to escape with a smaller
sentence, three days instead of three months - the sentence
the court was permitted to impose.
Like other nations worldwide, India has
embraced new increasingly inexpensive technology, but this
is also proving to be an unchartered and problematic domain
for civil law makers and keepers of the peace.
It seems as quickly as these new technologies
develop, new laws and regulations must also be implemented
and executed in a fair and just manner.
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