The Delhi High Court has said that it would continue hearing cases through the virtual mode till February 11, 2022. According to an office order dated January 12, the district courts would also hear matters only through the video conferencing mode till then.
On December 30, the high court – which resumed physical hearings from November 22 – had decided to shift to the virtual mode from January 3 in view of rise in Covid-19 cases and the subsequent ‘yellow alert‘ declared by the government in the national capital.
The decision to go back to the virtual system was taken after an office note was placed before Chief Justice D N Patel highlighting the rise in number of cases of Covid-19 infections.
The high court had first moved to the virtual system in March 2020 following the outbreak of Covid-19, and subsequently, few benches had started holding physical courts everyday on rotation basis.
