Delhi High Court, District Courts' Functioning Restricted Till May 23

Delhi High Court on Saturday decided to restrict its and district courts' functioning to urgent matters only till May 23, in view of prevalent situation of COVID-19 pandemic.

As per government data, till w coronavirus has infected 85,940 persons and claimed 2,752 lives in India.

Administrative and General Supervision Committee of High Court, headed by Chief Justice D N Patel, decided restriction would be in place till May 23 and urgent matters would continue to be heard by video conferencing.

"... functioning of High Court of Delhi shall continue to remain suspended till May 23 on same terms. arrangements qua mentioning and hearing of urgent matters by this Court through video conferencing shall continue as before," administrative order said.

mentioning of urgent matters is being done through web link which is available from 9 AM to 10.30 AM on all working days.

order said all cases listed in high court, including before registrars and joint registrars, from May 18 to 23 have been adjourned to corresponding dates between July 6 to July 11 respectively.

matters listed in district courts during this period will also be adjourned and information will be uploaded on ir website, order said.

Till w, re were two division benches and six single benches to hear matters through video conferencing. w number of single benches has been increased to 10.

Earlier, High Court on March 25 restricted its and district courts' functioning till April 14. It was n extended to May 3 and later till May 17.