Supreme Court will continue virtually from today

From today, the Supreme Court's Appellate Division and the High Court Division will conduct virtual justice due to the increasing number of Covid infection. In the meantime, the virtual trial has started in the Appellate Division from 9 am.

The trial began at 9am on Wednesday (January 19) in a six-judge appellate bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Fayez Siddiqui. The virtual trial will start from 10:30 am in the High Court Division.

Chief Justice Hasan Fayez Siddiqui yesterday decided to virtually conduct the proceedings of the Appellate Division and the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. Later, the Registrar General of the Supreme Court Mohammad Ali Akbar issued a separate notification in this regard.

The two notifications said that the judicial proceedings of all the benches of the Appellate Division and the High Court Division of the Supreme Court will be conducted using virtual presence using information technology from next Wednesday (January 19) considering the current covid situation.

Yesterday morning, Chief Justice Hasan Fayez Siddiqui said that the way corona infection is increasing, we have to go virtually. Thirteen judges of the High Court Division were infected by Coronavirus. Many staff of the Supreme Court have also been affected. In such a situation, it will be difficult to conduct court proceedings in physical presence. Meanwhile, many lower court judges have also been affected by the corona.