HC, Appellate Division to continue virtual operations
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run the functions of both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court virtually without physical presence (of lawyers) from today (May 31) till June 15, in light of the coronavirus situation.
The Supreme Court administration issued a circular to this effect, saying that the chief justice has taken the decision after discussing with the judges of the Appellate Division.
Meanwhile yesterday, the chief justice has constituted 11 High Court benches for holding hearing and disposing of the cases virtually till June 15.
The judges who have been assigned to conduct the HC benches are Justice Borhan Uddin, Justice Obaidul Hassan, Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Jahangir Hossain, Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain, Justice JBM Hassan, Justice Md Nazmul Islam Talukder, Justice Md Ashraful Kamal, Justice Md Mojibur Rahman Miah, Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman, according to another notification issued by the Supreme Court administration.
Judicial functions of more than 300 subordinate courts across the country have been taking place virtually since May 11 amid the ongoing coronavirus spread.
About 21,000 people, who are accused of criminal cases, have already secured bail from those courts in last 10 working days.
The virtual court functions started on May 11 after a gap of 46 days in order to deal with the urgent cases.
The regular activities of courts across the country including Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court remained closed since March 26 due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The closures are scheduled to continue till yesterday (May 30).
On May 10, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain issued some directives for the courts about dealing with urgent cases using information and communication technology during the ongoing closure.
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