Coronavirus | Madras HC restricts physical hearings due to surge in COVID-19 cases
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The Madras High Court has determined to conduct its proceedings nearly or by way of the hybrid (half physical and half digital) mode from Monday in view of the current surge in COVID-19 cases in sure pockets of Chennai and different components of the State.
The determination has been taken as a precautionary measure and to guarantee a protected working atmosphere, a notification issued by its Registrar-General mentioned on Saturday.
Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee has ordered all judges in the principal seat of the High Court in addition to these in Madurai Bench to hear cases both nearly, with each the federal government counsel and the non-public attorneys showing by way of videoconference, or by way of the hybrid mode the place solely the federal government counsel would seem in a physical court docket, the notification said.
The present apply of sure judges conducting their court docket proceedings by way of the physical mode alone can be stopped, it added.
Court campus
Law officers and the standing counsel alone can be permitted contained in the court docket campus.
“Entry of all other advocates, advocate clerks, litigants and parties-in-person inside the High Court is prohibited from March 8. All the law chambers will remain closed from March 8. Advocates who wish to take the case papers may do so on March 6 and March 7,” the notification, issued by C. Kumarappan, learn.
It additionally said that particular counters can be established contained in the court docket for submitting of case papers, functions for copies of order copies and for receipt of order copies. The case papers might be filed and order copies might be obtained from these counters topic to strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols.
Court boycott
Meanwhile, sad with the notification, the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) in addition to the Women Lawyers Association (WLA) have known as for a boycott of all courts and tribunals on Monday.
MHAA president G. Mohana Krishnan mentioned the attorneys had been discovering it very troublesome to proceed their occupation with out being allowed entry to their chambers. He mentioned it was unfair to shut down the chambers inside every week of opening it. WLA president Louisal Ramesh, too, expressed comparable sentiments.
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