Legal news update - 5 July 2020
By Neha goenka
In order to contain the spread of Coronavirus : SC to hear matters through
virtual court system
In order to contain the spread of corona virus and the guidelines issues by the government the Supreme Court of India will continue its Virtual Court hearing system when Court opens
from July 6. It has issued circular in super session of earlier circulars and further elaborating
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for e-filing, mentioning, listing and hearing of matters
through video conferencing / tele-conferencing mode.
Matters which are listed-
The fresh matters which could not be listed earlier, may be listed before the Hon’ble
Virtual Court in the week from 06.07.2020 to 10.07.2020.
With effect from 13.07.2020, subject to availability of matters , the miscellaneous
cases may be listed on Monday and Friday.
On non-miscellaneous days i.e. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, miscellaneous
matters including final hearing matters and regular matters may be listed