The Supreme Court has extended the closing date for lawyers and parties in-person to furnish consent for appearing in physical hearings within the Supreme Court till August 28.The deadline for providing this consent earlier stood till Saturday, 22nd August 2020.
However, an extra period of 6 days has now been given by the Supreme Court for the consent to be conveyed to the Registry. This consent is in regard to an inventory of 170 matters demanded, which can be preoccupied by the Court for physical hearing. The said consent must be communicated to the Registry to the given e-mail ID physical.hearing@sci.nic.in by 10 AM on Friday, 28 August 2020.
This extension has been provided following asking made by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA), states a notice issued by the Supreme Court. A list of 170 cases that was to be placed before the Court on its limited reopening for physical hearings published by the Supreme Court earlier .
This list was required after the seven-judge Special Committee constituted to make a decision on the functioning of the Court amid the COVID-19 pandemic decided to open the Court for physical hearings, albeit in a very limited manner. The Committee recently decided that, on an experimental basis and as a pilot-scheme, 3 of the larger courtrooms with in the Supreme Court complex would be readied for physical hearings strictly adhering 2 the prescribed distancing and other COVID-19 norms.
The matters would be listed in such courts 10 days after the courtrooms are able to operate, subject to the prior consent and willingness of all parties to argue in an exceedingly physical hearing set-up. As of now the pilot scheme would only allow a limited number of cases slotted for final hearing to be listed within the three courtrooms, which can be expanded within the future if the "ground situation warrants."
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