The public interest litigation sought quashing of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Registrar General of Bombay High Court reducing the court working hours to 3 hours a day from 12 noon to 3 pm.
Break The Chain: Bombay High Court to hear matters virtually till May 7
Bombay High Court
Mumbai: To curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Bombay High Court administration along with its Chief Justice and senior-most judges has decided to continue its virtual hearings till May 7.
On Friday morning, a meeting was chaired by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and other senior-most judges of the High Court who are members of the administrative committee. Accordingly, it has been decided to extend the present hearings through video conferencing till May 7.
Notably, the High Court administration had last week decided to hear only urgent matters through video conferencing in view of the fresh surge in Coronavirus cases in the city.