Of the 92.20 crore total tests conducted so far, 1,64,740 tests were done on Tuesday. Under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, India has so far administered 220.65 crore vaccine doses (95.20 crore second doses and 22.86 crore precautionary doses), of which 9,497 doses were administered on Tuesday. Work From Home for Lawyers: Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases, CJI DY Chandrachud Permits Advocates To Appear Virtually in Court.
On 2 January, the apex court had decided to conduct all hearings in virtual mode for two weeks starting from 3 January, in view of the rising number of cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19
Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases, the apex court has come out with two separate notifications. One of them said the benches, which used to assemble at 10.30 AM and 11 AM, would assemble one hour late from their scheduled time on Monday.
All judges would hear cases through video conferencing from their residences and in the meanwhile, entire court premises, including courtrooms, are being sanitized. The other notification suspended physical mentioning of cases for urgent hearing by advocates from Monday till further orders.
India hit a new coronavirus infection record with 1,68,912 new cases, the highest single-day rise so far, taking the total tally of cases to 1,35,27,717, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.