The Karnataka High Court has cut short its winter break to make up for the working days lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. The vacation will now commence from December 24, 2020 and last till January 1, 2021. .The winter vacation was earlier scheduled to commence from December 21..The notification issued in this regard states that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of court working days were lost. Taking this into consideration, the Full Court of the High Court on October 19 resolved to reduce the number of holidays.."Due to pandemic COVID – 19, a large number of working days of the Courts have been lost. The Full Court, therefore, resolved that the Winter Vacation-2020 starting from December 21, 2020, shall be curtailed and now the Vacation shall be from Thursday, December 24, 2020 to Friday, January 1, 2021. This resolution shall be subject to consultation with the Bar Associations at Bengaluru, Dharwad and Kalaburagi as well as the Karnataka State Bar Council."Notification issued by Karnataka High Court.The Bar Associations at Bengaluru, Dharwad and Kalaburagi as well as the Karnataka State Bar Council have given their consent to reduce the vacation period..[Read notification here]
The Karnataka High Court has cut short its winter break to make up for the working days lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. The vacation will now commence from December 24, 2020 and last till January 1, 2021. .The winter vacation was earlier scheduled to commence from December 21..The notification issued in this regard states that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of court working days were lost. Taking this into consideration, the Full Court of the High Court on October 19 resolved to reduce the number of holidays.."Due to pandemic COVID – 19, a large number of working days of the Courts have been lost. The Full Court, therefore, resolved that the Winter Vacation-2020 starting from December 21, 2020, shall be curtailed and now the Vacation shall be from Thursday, December 24, 2020 to Friday, January 1, 2021. This resolution shall be subject to consultation with the Bar Associations at Bengaluru, Dharwad and Kalaburagi as well as the Karnataka State Bar Council."Notification issued by Karnataka High Court.The Bar Associations at Bengaluru, Dharwad and Kalaburagi as well as the Karnataka State Bar Council have given their consent to reduce the vacation period..[Read notification here]