The Jharkhand High Court has decided to hear cases through virtual mode from January 3, 2022 to January 14, 2022 in view of the sudden spike in COVID-19 cases.
A notification to this effect was issued by the Registrar General of the High Court on Sunday, January 2, reports Bar and Bench.
“The Court shall take up the matters, as per the existing arrangement with regard to listing of cases, through virtual mode only,” the notice said.
Further, the Lawazima courts of Registrar General and Joint Registrar (Judicial) shall also take up matters through virtual mode only.
“The concerned stakeholders including Court-staff shall get themselves fully vaccinated and shall strictly adhere to the norms of social-distancing and Covid-19 protocols, guidelines, directions etc. issued by the Government of India, the State Government and this Hon’ble Court from time to time,” the notice further stated.
The above arrangement shall continue till January 14, 2022.
The Supreme Court and various High Courts have already switched to virtual or hybrid modes of hearing in view of the spike in Omicron cases.
On account of the surge in cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Madras High Court decided to switch back to virtual mode of hearing of cases from January 3, 2022 till further orders.
The Bombay High Court has also decided to hear matters through hybrid mode with effect from January 4, 2022 until further orders.
The Calcutta High Court will hear cases through virtual mode only from January 3, 2022.
The Delhi High Court decided to revert to full virtual hearing from January 3 to January 15, 2022 in view of the spurt in COVID-19 cases and the consequent ‘yellow alert’ declared by the government in the national capital.
The Allahabad High Court has taken similar measures as well.
