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"“So, Arnab Goswami finally met his match?"” Bangalore-based advocate KV Dhananjay told us earlier today on WhatsApp, adding: You could be forgiven for taking this video to be some '‘Comedy Show'’. It isn'’t, sadly. It is supposed to be a very serious discussion over a matter of national concern. Instead, it is a fitting reminder of 1) the broken and neurotic state of our television media and of 2) the empty defence that scamsters and fraudsters often manufacture through their '‘pricey'’ lawyers.

Indeed, as Dhananjay points out, the exchange is hilarious but that aside, Aggarwal, court- and TV-craft no doubt schooled by years of dealing with hard-of-hearing judges, demonstrated a textbook defence against the classic Arnab Goswami attack pattern.

And, after 14 minutes of shouting at each other Aggarwal had worn his opponent down sufficiently to where he managed the unprecedented feat of speaking nearly uninterrupted at Arnab for minutes, after the latter had run out of steam.

In the Republic TV corner, standing and gesticulating from his TV studio in Mumbai, Arnab Goswami. He needs no introduction of course. In the other corner, Vijay Aggarwal, lawyer to disgraced jewelry playboy baron Nirav Modi, recording via video link presumably from his office in Delhi.

Aggarwal is not unused to controversy of course. He defended several 2G scam accused, such as Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom, as well as winning anticipatory bail for troubled AAP legislator Somnath Bharti.

In 2011 he faced a complaint from then Bar Council of Delhi member Rajiv Khosla, for allegedly practising chartered accountancy and law at the same time (Aggarwal claimed that while he had a CA degree, the CA website under his name was not his).

Proceedings start out as usual for Republic TV, with Arnab shouting at his guest (unusually, in a head-on-head split screen without any other guests). Arnab, desperately trying to establish the presence of Modi, shouts repeatedly: “"He'’s in Hong Kong, I know he’'s in Hong Kong, you know he'’s in Hong Kong, in whose home is he hiding? You know he'’s in Hong Kong. Is he a fugitive, is your client a fugitive.”"

Aggarwal responds with eloquence, repeating phrases like "“you have to stop, then only I reply"”, or “"after asking your question, keep quiet”", or “"go quiet”" dozens of times until Arnab stops shouting, or starts exasperately counting the number of Aggarwal’'s repetitions.

In a lull in Arnab’s onslaught at around the 1:30 mark, Aggarwal says: "“You may be hard of hearing, Arnab, I am not.”" "“You may be hard of basic intelligence, I am not,” Arnab rebuts."

"“I never learnt so much in court as I'’ve learned from Arnab,"” says Aggarwal. "“You are spoiling me, I’'m learning it from you.”"

Desperately, Arnab begins to punt "“breaking news",” that Nirav Modi is indeed in Hong Kong - you are not denying he’'s in Hong Kong, says Arnab, which the exclusive headline text ticker dutifully mirrors. “"It'’s your duty to answer on behalf of your client,”" tries Arnab.

What complaint did Aggarwal face in 2011?

A) Practice law and chartered accountancy at the same time

B) Being rude with Bar Council of Delhi member

C) The CA website under his name was not his

D) All the above