On Wednesday the High Court of Delhi said that functioning of work in the Court will continue to remain suspended till Oct 8 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, 3 benches on a rotational basis will continue physical hearing of the cases & the remaining benches will continue taking up the matter through video conferencing.
In a Public notice, Registrar General Manoj Jain said that "In continuation of this court's office order number 418/RG/DHC/2020 dated 27.08.2020 & in view of the prevailing situation of spread of coronavirus (2019-nCOV) pandemic in the NCT of Delhi, the Chief Justice has been pleased to further extend the suspended functioning of the work in this Court till 08.10.2020 in terms of the Office Order dated 27.08.2020 & the Resolution of the Full Court dated 10.09.2020".
It further added that the physical hearing of the cases will continue as per the roster dated Sept 11, while the remaining benches shall continue to take up the cases through video conferencing.
The cases already listed before this Court from Oct 1 to Oct 8 have been adjourned, Jain said.
Earlier the Delhi HC had extended the suspension of its functioning till Sept 30.
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