{"id":56291,"date":"2019-06-07T12:14:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T06:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56291"},"modified":"2019-06-07T12:14:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T06:44:49","slug":"justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties","title":{"rendered":"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. Justice Mittal suffered a fracture leg and has been advised abstention from judicial work or any kind of exerting physical work including holding court proceedings. However, she has been holding court via teleconference from her official residence. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"56292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\/download-2019-06-07t121408-841\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download &amp;#8211; 2019-06-07T121408.841\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;There is so much pendency of cases and the common people cannot be allowed to suffer&#8221;, she said while holding the court. The Chief Justice had initially decided to hold court in routine manner, however, had developed some medical complications. J&amp;K High Court has been utilizing teleconferencing effectively to hear matters pertaining to Jammu wing of the High Court from Srinagar and vice versa, without the party or the advocates being physically present in the other wing of the court. The jails in J&amp;K have also been linked to the courts for facilitating convenient court proceedings. The division bench headed by Justice Mittal while hearing a case pertaining to the alleged denial of medical treatment to one prisoner had directed Registrar Judicial, Jammu to facilitate his presence from the jail via video conferencing.<\/p>\n<p>Previously the division bench of the J&amp;K High Court at Srinagar headed by Chief Justice Mittal had taken suo moto cognizance of a criminal case relating to Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and had issued notice to numerous newspapers for revealing the identity of the minor victim. The proceedings take place in the Chief Justice&#8217;s court room, without the physical presence of the presiding judges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. Justice Mittal suffered a fracture leg and has been advised abstention from judicial work or any kind of exerting physical work including holding court proceedings. However, she has been holding court via [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[90],"tags":[44679,44677,44678,3294],"class_list":["post-56291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bar-bench-firm-news","tag-chief-justice-of-jk-high-court","tag-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing","tag-despite-medical-difficulties","tag-justice-gita-mittal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-07T06:44:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"296\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-07T06:44:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\"},\"wordCount\":281,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court\",\"Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing\",\"Despite Medical Difficulties\",\"Justice Gita Mittal\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\",\"name\":\"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-07T06:44:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1\",\"width\":296,\"height\":170},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/bar-bench-firm-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2019-06-07T06:44:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":296,"height":170,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties","datePublished":"2019-06-07T06:44:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties"},"wordCount":281,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","keywords":["Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court","Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing","Despite Medical Difficulties","Justice Gita Mittal"],"articleSection":["Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties","name":"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","datePublished":"2019-06-07T06:44:49+00:00","description":"Chief Justice of J&amp;K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been holding court via teleconferencing since 10th of May 2019, despite medical difficulties. - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","width":296,"height":170},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-holds-court-hearing-via-video-conferencing-despite-medical-difficulties#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/bar-bench-firm-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Justice Gita Mittal Holds Court Hearing Via Video Conferencing Despite Medical Difficulties"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T121408.841.jpg?fit=296%2C170&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56390,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-gita-mittal-said-access-to-justice-cannot-be-understood-to-mean-access-to-courts","url_meta":{"origin":56291,"position":0},"title":"Justice Gita Mittal Said :  &#8216;Access To Justice Cannot Be Understood To Mean Access To Courts&#8217;","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"June 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy hosted a panel discussion on 'Roots of Prosperity: Policy Priorities for the first 100 days' which saw an engaging exchange between Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Justice Gita Mittal (Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir), Shri Ram Sewak Sharma\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bar, Bench &amp; Firm News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/bar-bench-firm-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-15T204704.073.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":60432,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jk-high-court-first-female-chief-justice-justice-gita-mittal-says-tried-to-embed-spirit-of-equality-in-courts","url_meta":{"origin":56291,"position":1},"title":"JK High Court first female Chief Justice Justice Gita Mittal says tried to embed spirit of equality in courts","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"After rendering over 28 months of service as the first female Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal on Tuesday said she tried to embed the abounding spirit of inclusion, equality and justice in the courts. Justice Mittal, who was sworn in on August 11,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/gita-mittal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":51768,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dont-procure-standard-floor-buses-delhi-high-court","url_meta":{"origin":56291,"position":2},"title":"Don&#8217;t procure standard floor buses : Delhi High Court","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0The Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government not to go ahead with its tender to purchase standard floor buses for the national capital, saying it would not allow the procurement as it would lead to violation of the fundamental rights of disabled persons who would find it difficult\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/low-floor-green-bus.jpg?fit=400%2C308&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":53493,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-disappointed-by-officials-apathy-towards-upkeep-of-gandhi-memorial","url_meta":{"origin":56291,"position":3},"title":"HC disappointed by officials&#8217; apathy towards upkeep of Gandhi memorial","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"New Delhi:\u00a0Pained by the \"apathy\" of officials towards the upkeep of Rajghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. \"It is painful to see such apathy on the part of the officials tasked to deal with the issue of maintaining Rajghat, a memorial to the Father of the Nation,\" a bench of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Raj-Ghat-Delhi.jpg?fit=700%2C410&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Raj-Ghat-Delhi.jpg?fit=700%2C410&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Raj-Ghat-Delhi.jpg?fit=700%2C410&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Raj-Ghat-Delhi.jpg?fit=700%2C410&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20675,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-mahesh-mittal-kumar-sworn-in-as-jk-chief-justice","url_meta":{"origin":56291,"position":4},"title":"Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar sworn-in as J&#038;K chief justice","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"June 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar was sworn in as the new chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here Friday. Governor N.N. Vohra administered the oath of office at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Complex. The warrant and the notification of appointment of Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar as the chief justice\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52209,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/high-court-seeks-icmrs-assistance-control-monkeys-population","url_meta":{"origin":56291,"position":5},"title":"High Court seeks ICMR&#8217;s assistance to control monkey&#8217;s population","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi High Court today sought the assistance of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for controlling the population of monkeys in the national capital. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar was informed that ICMR, the apex body in India for the formulation,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/high-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/high-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/high-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/high-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/high-court.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-eDV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}