SOP

The Court has modified the SOP slightly. According to a press release on Friday, all the cases which have been listed on the three non-miscellaneous days will be heard physically, however the matters listed on miscellaneous days will be heard physically with an option of appearing virtually on prior application submission.

The Delhi High Court has put out a new Standard Operating Procedure to be enforced from November 22 for “Physical Court hearings”. The High Court has restricted attendance at entry into the court block, for the purposes of attending physical hearings and VC Court room hearings

Debjani Ghosal, Counsel for the petitioner, submitted that in course of transportation of such cattle to Meghalaya from West Bengal, various police stations on the way stopped the Petitioner's truck and seized the cattle, and also arrested the personnel engaged in such transportation.

The petitioner submitted that Challans should be payable online, even if the SOP is not implemented. “I am not the violator and they never contacted me for violation. When I was transferring the vehicle, they called me to pay the challans,” he said.

Hindustan Footbal Club filed the petition claiming that the suspension of the league addresses prayer "A" while not dealing with prayer "B" which discussed about the need of a bio bubble for staff and players.

The video -conferencing link may also be opened through Jitsi-Meet App which can be downloaded on the mobile phone.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has unanimously decided to write a letter to the Chief Justice of India, requesting him to hear them against the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Apex Court for hybrid physical hearing without any consultation with the Bar.

In the petition, the SCBA claimed that the SOP for hybrid physical hearings was issued by the Registry of the Supreme Court without consultation with the Bar and if virtual hearings are allowed to continue permanently,

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R. Subhash Reddy has noted in its order that the pandemic has thrown its own challenges and one is the functioning of the judiciary.

Earlier in previous SOP issued on March 5, the Supreme Court decided to begin a hybrid mode of hearing on an experimental basis from March 15.