The Karnataka High Court has relaxed a rule mandating that remote testimony outside the country must be done from an Indian embassy or consulate, while hearing an application related to a case of cruelty and unnatural sex filed by a woman against her husband.

The order, passed by Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum on September 22, was made publicly available recently.

The woman had filed a case under Indian Penal Code sections dealing with cruelty and unnatural sex offences, as well as sections of the Information Technology Act. The police filed a chargesheet against her husband. She approached the high court seeking relaxation of rule 5.3.1 of Video Conferencing Rules in order to participate in the proceedings from overseas, since that rule mandates a remote point coordinator who is an emba

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