New Delhi, September 4
As the Supreme Court continues to function in a hybrid mode, a young girl has written to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana seeking to know about reopening of courts in view of reopening of schools.
Her letter has been converted into a PIL to consider issues relating to reopening of courts for physical hearing.
“A young girl had also written to the CJI yesterday… When schools have opened then why not courts? The CJI has taken note of it as a PIL and it will be heard shortly,” Justice Vineet Saran said on Saturday during a function organised by the Bar Council of India to felicitate the CJI.
The Supreme Court has been functioning through video conference since March 2020 when a nationwide lockdown was imposed in view of Covid-19 outbreak.
The top court resumed hybrid mode of hearing on September 1 and several high courts have also resumed limited physical hearing, even as the majority of the cases were still being heard via video conferencing.
