Hours after Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana expressed unhappiness over the disruption during virtual hearings due to mobile use, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed advocates and litigants to attend proceedings on desktops with a stable internet connection. Or told to use the laptop. It was done through video conferencing. All advocates and party-in person are requested to join the Cisco Webex application to attend the court hearings through Desktop/Laptop with a stable internet connectivity through Video Conferencing (VC), preferably wired, To avoid any disruption and inconvenience to the Hon. ble judges, said the notification issued by the apex court’s registry.
The notification advised lawyers and litigants to engage in virtual proceedings through the same device either laptop or desktop. All advocates, party-in-person should also attend the VC hearing, preferably using a headset enabled microphone and audio system… Please also close all background applications running on your device for best VC experience, notification is written in.
The notification assumes significance because in the first day, hearings in 10 cases were to be adjourned by a bench headed by the CJI as the counsel was either inaudible or invisible or both. The bench was annoyed by the constant disruptions as lawyers or litigants were mostly attending proceedings through phones using mobile data and even observed that it may have to put restrictions on participation through mobile .
“Lawyers are seen using their mobile phones and are not visible. We may have to ban this mobile business. Mr. Vakil, now you are practicing in Supreme Court and appear regularly. Can’t you have a desktop to argue, the CJI observed in a matter. During the hearing of another matter, the bench noted the poor internet connectivity on the part of the counsel and said, we have no energy to hear such matters. Please put in place a system so we can hear you. Ten such cases are over and we are screaming.” The apex court has been hearing the cases through video-conferencing since March 2020 due to the pandemic and the conditions keeping in view the pandemic situation changing from time to time. loosening or hardening.
The top court on January 2 took note of the sudden rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country and decided to hear all cases in virtual mode, and since January 7, benches have been sitting in residential offices. judges.
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