J&K Courts Will Resume Physical Hearing From 14th Feb,
Judicial Remands through vide conferencing
Srinagar, CNS, 09-Feb : Honble Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu , Kashmir & Ladakh on Wednesday ordered Resumption of Physical Hearing in Courts across UT.
As per the order issued by Honble J&K High Court In view of gradual improvement in the conditions arising out of Covid-19, Physical hearing will be Started in all Courts of UT from 14th of this Month with the Conditions that Hearing of cases listed before a Bench in the High Court is permitted through physical mode also with the restriction that in no Court room more than ten (10) advocates would be allowed at a time
Meanwhile the District and Subordinate Courts and Tribunals in UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh shall also start functioning through physical mode. Entry of advocates into the Court rooms before District and Subordinate Courts and Tribunal shall be restricted to 5 advocates only at a given time.
However the guidelines and protocols for prevention of Covid-19 contagion including wearing of masks, frequent use of hand sanitizer and maintaining safe distancing norms are mandatory for all the entrants into the Court premises.
Only those advocates whose cases are listed in the Courts and who are fully vaccinated shall be allowed entry in the Court rooms.
Entry of Litigants, Clarks and Agents of the Advocates into the Court rooms shall remain prohibited for the time being
The order Further reds that Entry of witness(s) and accused person(s) only shall be permitted in District and Subordinate Courts and Tribunals provided they are fully vaccinated and subject to strict compliance of SOP’s pertaining to the containment of Covid-19 infection.
Entry in the District and Subordinate Courts and Tribunals shall be permitted to only fully vaccinated persons from the outer gate of the Court Complex. Judicial custody remands shall be given only through vide conferencing as far as permissible.(CNS)
