The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from all high courts and certain tribunals regarding the discontinuation of hybrid modes for hearing cases, which allowed lawyers and litigants to participate via video conferencing.
A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra’s issued notices to the registrars general of all high courts and registrars of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), and National Green Tribunal (NGT), instructing them to file affidavits. The bench stated, “An affidavit be filed by the registrars on whether video-conferencing or hybrid hearings are being continued
or disbanded.”