Court may start virtual trial again: Chief Justice

Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique today said the court functions might be conducted through virtual system again due to the ongoing surge of Covid-19 infection.

Several judges and staff members of the Supreme Court and lower courts have been infected with Covid-19 and therefore, the court functions might be run virtually, he said.

The chief justice said this while presiding over a full bench of the Appellate Division of the SC for hearing and disposing of cases in the morning.

Deputy Attorney General Bishwajit Debnath told the apex court that some law officers including Attorney General AM Amin Uddin have been diagnosed with Covid-19.

The functions of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the SC resumed physically since December 1 last year after the Covid-19 cases decreased.