The Delhi High Court has decided to resume limited physical hearings in the High Court from August 31, 2021. .This decision was taken in partial modification of an earlier decision of August 12 as per which the High Court was set to commence physical hearings from September 6. "In partial modification of this Court’s Office Order No. 471/RG/DHC/2021 dated August 12, 2021, the Hon’ble Full Court has been pleased to order that physical hearings in this Court shall resume from August 31, 2021," a office order issued on Thursday said..Suitable number of Benches of this Court, for physical hearings, shall be constituted as per the directions of the Chief Justice while the remaining Benches shall continue to take up the matters through videoconferencing, as per the existing system of listing of matters. All other pending routine/ non-urgent matters listed before the High Court till September 3, 2021 will stand adjourned en bloc, as already notified by the August 12 office order.On physical hearing days, the Courts will permit hybrid/video conferencing hearing where a request to such effect is made by any of the parties and/ or their counsel, the office order further said. The courts of Registrar and Joint Registrar (Judicial) shall take up all the matters as per their respective cause lists with effect from August 31, 2021."A roster shall also be prepared for the said courts in such a manner that every Registrar/ Joint Registrar (Judicial) holds physical court on alternate days from August 31 while the others continue to hold courts through video-conferencing, as per the existing arrangement, on non-physical days," the office order said..Districts courts in Delhi have also been ordered to commence graded physical hearing from August 24. As per the earlier order, District courts were asked to resume physical hearings from August 31. This has now been advanced to August 24. .[Read Office Orders]
The Delhi High Court has decided to resume limited physical hearings in the High Court from August 31, 2021. .This decision was taken in partial modification of an earlier decision of August 12 as per which the High Court was set to commence physical hearings from September 6. "In partial modification of this Court’s Office Order No. 471/RG/DHC/2021 dated August 12, 2021, the Hon’ble Full Court has been pleased to order that physical hearings in this Court shall resume from August 31, 2021," a office order issued on Thursday said..Suitable number of Benches of this Court, for physical hearings, shall be constituted as per the directions of the Chief Justice while the remaining Benches shall continue to take up the matters through videoconferencing, as per the existing system of listing of matters. All other pending routine/ non-urgent matters listed before the High Court till September 3, 2021 will stand adjourned en bloc, as already notified by the August 12 office order.On physical hearing days, the Courts will permit hybrid/video conferencing hearing where a request to such effect is made by any of the parties and/ or their counsel, the office order further said. The courts of Registrar and Joint Registrar (Judicial) shall take up all the matters as per their respective cause lists with effect from August 31, 2021."A roster shall also be prepared for the said courts in such a manner that every Registrar/ Joint Registrar (Judicial) holds physical court on alternate days from August 31 while the others continue to hold courts through video-conferencing, as per the existing arrangement, on non-physical days," the office order said..Districts courts in Delhi have also been ordered to commence graded physical hearing from August 24. As per the earlier order, District courts were asked to resume physical hearings from August 31. This has now been advanced to August 24. .[Read Office Orders]
