NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is likely to resume physical hearing in three to four weeks, the Bar Council of India said on Monday after its chairman and other bar leaders met CJI S A Bobde for commencing normal functioning of the court, disrupted for nearly a year because of Covid-19 pandemic.
The CJI met BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, solicitor general Tushar Mehta, SC Bar Association leader Kailash Vasdev, leaders of advocates on record association and former SCBA president Vikas Singh to chalk out the modalities and standard operating procedure for commencing physical and hybrid system of hearing. From today s meeting, it is clear that physical hearings are going to start in the Supreme Court within three to four weeks, Mishra said in a press release.
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February 02, 2021 01:13 IST
A BCI release said, the CJI said the judges themselves were willing to resume physical hearing of cases
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New Delhi: CJI-designate Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde during the farewell function of Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma) (PTI11 15 2019 000239A)
A BCI release said, the CJI said the judges themselves were willing to resume physical hearing of cases
Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde on Monday told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, office-bearers of the Bar Council of India (BCI) and various lawyers’ bodies that physical hearings in the Supreme Court might start by the first week of March.
SC to have hybrid hearings soon, lawyers seek return of physical hearings
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Chief Justice of India, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 1 : The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Monday said Chief Justice S.A. Bobde has told the bar leaders that a hybrid system of hearing, which includes physical appearance, may begin soon amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
In a press statement, BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said: The Chief Justice of India made it clear that the judges of Supreme Court themselves are willing to restart the open court hearings but there are medical and technical issues which the registry of Supreme Court of India is trying to sort out and solve. Therefore, it will be done gradually.
SC to begin physical hearings in hybrid manner soon; normal functioning likely by first week of March The apex court has been hearing cases through video-conferencing since March last year amid the pandemic and several bar bodies and lawyers, including former SCBA President Vikas Singh, have been demanding that physical hearing should resume immediately. File image of the Supreme Court of India. PTI New Delhi: Chief Justice of India SA Bobde told the Bar leaders on Monday that physical hearing in the Supreme Court will soon resume in a hybrid manner amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has said.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is likely to resume physical hearings in three to four weeks, the Bar Council of India (BCI) said on Monday after its chairman and other bar leaders met CJI S A Bobde and sought normal functioning of the court, disrupted for nearly a year due to the pandemic.
The meeting was held to chalk out modalities and SOPs to begin a system comprising physical and virtual hearings. The BCI apprised the CJI of difficulties faced by advocates in case of virtual hearings through video-conferencing.
The CJI met BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, solicitor general Tushar Mehta, SC Bar Association leader Kailash Vasdev, leaders of advocates’ on record association and former SCBA president Vikas Singh. “From today’s meeting, it is clear that physical hearings are going to start in the Supreme Court within three to four weeks,” Mishra said in a press release, adding he told the CJI that there could be no substitute to physical hearing.