With a surge in active COVID-19 cases recorded across the country, four Supreme Court judges have contracted the virus, while one has recently recovered..As per sources in the Supreme Court, Justices Aniruddha Bose, S Ravindra Bhat, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra are currently down with COVID-19 while Justice Surya Kant just recovered a week ago. .Justice Bhat was till Thursday sitting as part of the five-judge Constitution Bench hearing the same-sex marriage case physically in the Supreme Court.The other four judges on the Bench are currently keeping a watch on their symptoms, if any..The Constitution Bench, which was earlier scheduled to continue hearing arguments on Monday, was cancelled last night. Justice Kaul will not hold court on Monday due to a medical urgency..Sources have confirmed to Bar & Bench that the office of the Chief Justice of India is currently assigning cases to fresh two-judge benches in order to avoid case pendency..We have also learnt that spouses of several judges are also not keeping well and that the top court is keeping a close watch on the developing situation for any future course of action.
With a surge in active COVID-19 cases recorded across the country, four Supreme Court judges have contracted the virus, while one has recently recovered..As per sources in the Supreme Court, Justices Aniruddha Bose, S Ravindra Bhat, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra are currently down with COVID-19 while Justice Surya Kant just recovered a week ago. .Justice Bhat was till Thursday sitting as part of the five-judge Constitution Bench hearing the same-sex marriage case physically in the Supreme Court.The other four judges on the Bench are currently keeping a watch on their symptoms, if any..The Constitution Bench, which was earlier scheduled to continue hearing arguments on Monday, was cancelled last night. Justice Kaul will not hold court on Monday due to a medical urgency..Sources have confirmed to Bar & Bench that the office of the Chief Justice of India is currently assigning cases to fresh two-judge benches in order to avoid case pendency..We have also learnt that spouses of several judges are also not keeping well and that the top court is keeping a close watch on the developing situation for any future course of action.
