New Delhi: With two Supreme Court judges tested positive for Covid and many infected court staff, CJI NV Ramana on Thursday stopped experiments with physical hearing cases three days a week and accidentally mandated a judge to conduct a virtual hearing from their residence offices, like It is the norm during the second wave of pandemic.
Until January 4, all of them were in court, which after winter holidays were scheduled to start their routines to take cases for physical hearing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday, even during the farewell ceremony Justice R S Reddy, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Vikas Singh had asked CJI to start a complete physical hearing, even though the third wave of pandemic was agile on the radar.
CJI, which has been positively tested for Covid last year, was reluctant to collect all 31 SC judges, who have traveled to various locations during the winter vacation, for a farewell party for Reddy.
Because he was persuaded, he agreed to accommodate high tea for Judge Reddy.
One sitting judge, who was studied for a fever on Tuesday, was mixed freely with all judges.
Now the judge has tested the positive covid and claimed to be to the Medanta hospital, even though the parameters were stable.
The testing was positive, and the second judge also returned the same test results, had sent the level of anxiety that jumped among the judges because everything was together during a tea party in SC.
Sudden setback from Covid cases among SC staff became a convincing place to CJI and four senior judges – Judge of Lalit Law, Am Khanwilkar, Dy Chandrachud and LN Rao – until at that time, for now, for the moment This, for a while it operates.
From the housing office and do hearing cases through virtual mode.
This development will be a big node for Junior Advocates who have experienced severe financial setbacks during the last two pandemic waves due to lack of work.
Registry SC issued a round on Thursday saying “With the effect of Friday, all things will be heard in virtual mode and benches will sit in a housing office.” It is said that only things are very urgent, mentioned and placed for lists, fresh problems, guarantee problems, things involving staying and detention will be registered in front of benches from Monday and this setting will remain valid until the order is more carry on.
“The transfer petition will be registered in front of the usual bench, instead of the single judge, until the order further.
The application for release from surrender will also be listed before the usual bench, instead of ruling,” he said.
Meeting condolences, are scheduled for Friday to facilitate payment of respect by CJI and Judges and Attorney General and lawyers for three former SC – Judge and P Sawant and S Njar, have been suspended without limits.
Two Judge SC test positive Covid; Virtual trial becomes the norm
