SCBA urges CJI to resume physical hearing in the top court

The Supreme Court Bar Association SCBA has urged the Chief Justice NV Ramana to resume physical hearing in the apex court as the Covid19 situation in Delhi has come to almost normalThe apex courts bar body through its President and senior advocate Vikas Singh in a letter to the Chief Justice on Tuesday said on July 5 the Covid19 positivity rate has come down to 009 per cent where out of 61405 tests only 54 positive cases were reportedAs the situation stands today nobody knows when things may further escalate and a third wave may also become a possibility In these uncertain circumstances I feel that we have to resume our activities on the basis of the current situation the SCBA chief said in his letterThe bar body said the way forward in todays scenario would be to start the court with normal functioning by observing Covid19 appropriate behaviour so that the court functioning does not in any manner increases the Covid19 impact even if a third wave were to comeThe bar body suggested only advocates may be allowed to enter courtrooms as caution while litigants and media persons can watch the proceedings virtually Even litigants should not be allowed to enter the courtroom as we do not know their vaccination status and they should only watch the court proceedings through virtual mode it saidThe SCBA added that all courts must sit at 1030 am which is the normal practice On miscellaneous days there should be six slots of 45 minutes each In these slots 10 matters could be assigned in every slot of 45 minutes which would enable the court to take up nearly 60 matters for hearingAs on NonMiscellaneous days ie Tuesdays to Thursdays subject to overnight partheard matters two slots of 45 minutes each should be assigned for miscellaneousfinal disposal matters and thereafter three slots of one hour each should be assigned for two final hearing matters in each slot so that around six final hearing matters can be taken up for hearing added the letterThe SCBA said its executive committee has already taken proactive step to vaccinate all its members and their family membersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever