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Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar has written to Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice D.N. Patel raising concern over the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 and requested the court to revert to virtual hearing mode once again.

Chief Justice Ramana observed that the Advocates have different opinion on the issue of continuation of virtual court hearing of the cases and that the lawyers have expressed different point of view regarding the decision of the courts to revert to the physical hearing of the cases.

There were several requests from Bar to to resume complete physical hearing to normalise the situation in courts in view of decline in Covid cases.

PM Modi lauded the virtual hearing saying they have enabled ease of justice.

Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde has said that the process to resume physical hearings has begun and will, for the time-being, be reintroduced via hybrid hearings.

Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar has written to Delhi High Court Chief Justice D.N. Patel to reconsider forcing physical hearing and extending virtual hearing for 2-3 more months.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the notification dated January 14, 2021, and roster of physically sitting Judges dated January 14, 2021 along with a roster of physically