Virtual Courts In India – Weekly Update (6.4.2020 – 11.4.2020)

The past week saw a flurry of activity in connection with the adoption and implementation of the virtual system of functioning by the Indian judicial machinery.

On 6 April 2020, the Supreme Court, of its own motion, passed directions for conduct of court proceedings across the country via video conferencing during the period of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic¹. Broadly, the apex court directed as under:

1. All High Courts shall ensure functioning of the judicial system through use of VC technologies and to this end, shall decide the modalities for use of VC technologies after considering relevant factors (such as peculiarities of the judicial system in every state as well as the dynamically developing public health situation);