The Supreme Court has issued the Standard Operating Procedure for hearing of matters through physical appearance before Hon’ble Court w.e.f 01/09/2020.
The Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Service Authority organized its first E-Lok Adalat through different digital platform modes. A total of 4,273 cases were disposed of by 110 benches across the UT’s of J&K and Ladakh on August 22.
The Delhi High Court disposed of 2,800 main cases and around 11,000 miscellaneous applications, through video conference hearings, between April 1 and July 31. The court had listed 13,000 matters before different benches.
An application has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking directions for proper and effective implementation of the court’s guidelines issued to regulate conferment of the designation of Senior Advocates.
The secretary of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association feels that the arrangements made for lawyers for physical and video conferencing are inadequate and “absolutely chaotic”
The Delhi High Court today (July 20), directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to consider as representation a petition seeking the constitution of an expert committee for the protection of attorney-client privilege during virtual meetings.
The Chhattisgarh High Court and the State Legal Services Authority organized the country's first ever E-Lok Adalat on Saturday (July 11), amid the restricted judicial functioning owing to Covid-19 outbreak.