Amid COVID-19 pandemic, an overwhelming majority of cases have been preferred to be taken up through virtual mode of hearing before the Delhi High Court..As per sources in the High Court, out of a total of 12,244 cases that were mentioned through the designated link from March 25 till October 17, in over 96% cases i.e 11, 784, request was made for a virtual hearing. .For cases filed through e-filing, out of 12,167 cases, almost 98% opted for virtual hearings. .Only 346 i.e 2.8 % cases were requested to be taken up through physical hearing mode. .The trend continued even when the Court took up matters physically on designated days. .As per sources, between September 1 to October 20, total 1439 cases were heard by the High Court physically. However, 864 of such cases were requested to be taken up for virtual hearings on a later date. .Following the requests made by various lawyer bodies, graded physical functioning of the High Court as well as the subordinate courts was resumed with effect from September 1, 2020..Eventually, the Courts of Registrars and Joint Registrars also started holding physical courts on rotational basis. The process to record evidence in ex parte/uncontested matters and also in cases involving urgency has also begun. .Breaking: [COVID-19] Delhi High Court issues Standard Operating Procedure for physical hearings from September 1 [Read roster].Recently, the Bar Council of Delhi addressed a letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court, highlighting the "grave sufferings" of litigants and lawyers caused due to the non-functioning of courts in a normal fashion..Start hybrid system of hearings in all courts, permit one junior lawyer with main counsel: Bar Council of Delhi requests Chief Justice Patel.As per the information from highly-placed sources, the subordinate courts took up around 2,62,167 through video-conferencing from March 24 till August 31. .Now, 1/4th to 1/5th of the District courts take up matters physically in every District. Non-urgent/routine matters are also being taken up through videoconferencing or through physical mode.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, an overwhelming majority of cases have been preferred to be taken up through virtual mode of hearing before the Delhi High Court..As per sources in the High Court, out of a total of 12,244 cases that were mentioned through the designated link from March 25 till October 17, in over 96% cases i.e 11, 784, request was made for a virtual hearing. .For cases filed through e-filing, out of 12,167 cases, almost 98% opted for virtual hearings. .Only 346 i.e 2.8 % cases were requested to be taken up through physical hearing mode. .The trend continued even when the Court took up matters physically on designated days. .As per sources, between September 1 to October 20, total 1439 cases were heard by the High Court physically. However, 864 of such cases were requested to be taken up for virtual hearings on a later date. .Following the requests made by various lawyer bodies, graded physical functioning of the High Court as well as the subordinate courts was resumed with effect from September 1, 2020..Eventually, the Courts of Registrars and Joint Registrars also started holding physical courts on rotational basis. The process to record evidence in ex parte/uncontested matters and also in cases involving urgency has also begun. .Breaking: [COVID-19] Delhi High Court issues Standard Operating Procedure for physical hearings from September 1 [Read roster].Recently, the Bar Council of Delhi addressed a letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court, highlighting the "grave sufferings" of litigants and lawyers caused due to the non-functioning of courts in a normal fashion..Start hybrid system of hearings in all courts, permit one junior lawyer with main counsel: Bar Council of Delhi requests Chief Justice Patel.As per the information from highly-placed sources, the subordinate courts took up around 2,62,167 through video-conferencing from March 24 till August 31. .Now, 1/4th to 1/5th of the District courts take up matters physically in every District. Non-urgent/routine matters are also being taken up through videoconferencing or through physical mode.
