{"id":59470,"date":"2020-04-26T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T13:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59470"},"modified":"2020-04-26T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T13:51:14","slug":"supreme-court-heard-593-matters-and-delivered-verdicts-in-215-cases-during-covid-19-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-heard-593-matters-and-delivered-verdicts-in-215-cases-during-covid-19-lockdown","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court heard 593 matters and delivered verdicts in 215 cases during COVID-19 lockdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59104\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/covid-19-pandemic-sc-takes-suo-moto-cognisance-of-overcrowding-of-prisons\/covid-19-pandemic\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"COVID-19 pandemic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59104\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court heard 593 matters via video-conferencing and delivered judgement in 215 of them in a month during the unprecedented nationwide lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>As COVID-19 infections spread in the country, the Supreme Court shut its doors to litigants and lawyers on March 23, two days before the lockdown came into force, but opened up to a virtual new way of functioning, albeit with a reduced strength.<\/p>\n<p>In normal times, the apex court dispose of nearly 3,500 cases on an average a month.<\/p>\n<p>Two-three benches have been taking up &#8220;urgent&#8221; matters in virtual courtrooms daily during the lockdown period as compared to up to 16 benches hearing cases in normal times.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 87 benches heard 593 cases on 17 working days between Match 23 and April 24, according to data provided by the court.<\/p>\n<p>Though the first phase of the nationwide lockdown for containing the spread of coronavirus started on March 25, the apex court had issued a circular on March 23 restricting entry of advocates and litigants in its premises.<\/p>\n<p>The circular had said that only matters involving extreme urgency would be heard by the top court through video-conferencing during the lockdown, which has now been extended till May 3.<\/p>\n<p>The data released by the top court said that as on April 24, the apex court had disposed of 84 review petitions.<\/p>\n<p>It said that out of 87 benches, 34 heard main matters while 53 benches took up review petitions for adjudication.<\/p>\n<p>The data said that 390 main matters, along with 203 connected cases, were heard during this period.<\/p>\n<p>It said verdicts were delivered in 215 cases, out of which 174 were connected matters.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the problem of technical glitches faced by lawyers during hearing through video-conferencing, an apex court source said this is due to internet connectivity issues at the residences or offices of advocates.<\/p>\n<p>The source said that Supreme Court judges, who are hearing matters through video-conferencing from their residences, have been provided with internet connectivity with speed of up to 100Mbps at their residences and they have not experienced any difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Many lawyers join the hearing through their mobile phones or tablets and they get disconnected when their device receives another call, said the source.<\/p>\n<p>According to the annual report 2018-19, published by the Supreme Court, a total of 34,653 cases were disposed of between January and October last year, making it an average of 3,465 cases a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court heard 593 matters via video-conferencing and delivered judgement in 215 of them in a month during the unprecedented nationwide lockdown. 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