Delhi district courts told to take up urgent matters only

All district courts in the Capital will take up only urgent matters and that too through videoconferencing in view of the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases. The direction of the Delhi High Court come

All district courts in the Capital will take up only urgent matters and that too through videoconferencing in view of the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases. The direction of the Delhi High Court comes a day after it decided that from April 19 onwards it will only take up “extremely urgent matters” filed this year. The HC Chief Justice and three other judges are reportedly infected. “In view of the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, in continuation of this court’s office order dated April 8, 2021, it is ordered that all the judicial officers of district courts in Delhi shall take up only urgent cases of their respective courts, through videoconferencing mode,” stated the office order, issued by the office of the Delhi High Court Registrar General Manoj Jain. On April 8, the high court had decided that it will take up court proceedings through virtual mode only from April 9 to April 23.