Five benches in Delhi HC to hold physical courts on rotation from Sept 1

The Delhi High Court has announced that five of its benches will start holding physical courts on a rotation basis from September 1, and has also issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the same. The remaining benches shall continue taking up matters through via video conferencing.

An office order issued by Registrar General Manoj Jain said that while considering the matter regarding resumption of physical functioning of the High Court, the suspension of functioning of the Court has been extended till September 30.

The High Court had been conducting hearings through video conferencing since March 24 to contain the spread of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

All the pending matters listed before the high court from September 1 to 30 would be adjourned to November 3 to December 7 respectively, the order said.

As per the SOP, the entry in the court blocks for the purpose of attending physical hearings will be restricted to only one advocate per party whose case is listed that day and party-in-person who is pursuing his/her case without any legal assistance.

Juniors, interns or law students associated with the advocate concerned, relative of any litigant and non-registered clerks will not be allowed entry in the court blocks, Delhi High Court Bar Association secretary Abhijat confirmed, quoting the SOP.