Delhi High Court on Friday decided complete resumption of physical courts hearing from 22 November, while continuing to give an option to parties to request for video conferencing mode. “It is ordered that there shall be a complete resumption of physical Courts effecting from 22 November, while permitting video conferencing hearing where a request to such effect is made by any of the parties or their counsel,” said an office order issued by Registrar General Manoj Jain. The office order said the Delhi High Court has been pleased to order that the existing mechanism of hearings in this Court shall continue till 18 November and there shall be a complete resumption of physical courts in District courts from 22 November. It also said that the existing mechanism of hearing of matters in the district courts complex shall continue till 20 November, added the court order. Earlier, the Delhi High Court on 31 August resumed limited physical hearings after a gap of nearly five months when the second wave of Covid-19 hit the national capital. After the second wave struck the national capital, the Delhi High Court on 8 April 2021, suspended its physical hearing till 23 April which was later extended from time to time. Earlier on 24 August, physical hearings in the district courts in Delhi have resumed in a graded manner.
The Delhi High Court had suspended its functioning on 23 March 2020, followed by the government decision to impose lockdown for containing Covid-19.