Amid surge in Omicron circumstances, SC to change to digital mode

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With Omicron’s case rising, the Supreme Court on Sunday determined to droop all bodily hearings and return to digital hearings for the subsequent two weeks.

On October 7 final 12 months, the apex court docket, which had been listening to circumstances for the reason that Covid-induced lockdown in March 2020, had introduced the resumption of bodily hearings twice per week together with hybrid hearings.

As per the revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), all issues listed on Wednesday and Thursday have been to be heard bodily and on Tuesday the events may request a digital listening to (hybrid listening to) from the court docket.

But now the revised SOP will stay suspended.

“It is notified for the data of the members of the Bar, the party-in-person and all involved that, maintaining in view the rising variety of circumstances, the Competent Authority is happy to direct that the revised SOP shall be amended to 7 The bodily hearings earlier than courts (with hybrid choice) will stay suspended for the current, and all hearings earlier than courts for a interval of two weeks with impact from 03-01-2022 by digital mode solely. , stated a round SC Registry.

The growth comes because the court docket is ready to reopen on the Monday after the Christmas holidays.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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